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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “seething” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
seething123902(None) 
teething1237161teething
beetling1139282beetling
berthing14209602berthing
leeching14318372leeching
meeting103314962meet_ing
naething1236072naething
scathing14269702scathing
scything17264882scything
seating84130682seat_ing
seeding93719482see_ding
seedling102610952seedling
seeing74222142see__ing
seeking124016062see_king
seeling83522002see_ling
seeming103216262see_ming
seeping103817912see_ping
setting83621392s_etting
settling978942settling
sheathing1636872sheathing
sheeting122712832sheet_ing
sketching1935082sketching
sleeting93114162sleet_ing
sleuthing1334202sleuthing
something1545402something
soothing12269972soothing
southing122811822southing
stetting93410712stetting
swathing15248712swathing
sweeting123911312sweet_ing
teethings1344232teethings
weeting113816052weet_ing

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059323.84331501.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.27941760.0
 
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