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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 “steering” 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.

80 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
steering9391679(None) 
sheering123715101sheering
sneering93414501sneering
speering113116321speering
steeking133411351steeking
steeling93615141steeling
steeping113412581steeping
steeving12359651steeving
cheering143612702cheering
esteeming1244702esteeming
fleering123811282fleering
jeering153513042_jeering
leering83417642_leering
metering112915632metering
peering103520352_peering
petering112516812petering
queering1838202queering
sabering112113742sabering
searing83330922s_earing
seeding93719482s_eeding
seeing74222142s_ee_ing
seeking124016062s_eeking
seeling83522002s_eeling
seeming103216262s_eeming
seeping103817912s_eeping
sering74731812s__ering
severing122013852severing
sewering122411092sewering
shearing123915902shearing
sheening123010802sheening
sheeting122712832sheeting
skeeing12308852skee_ing
skewering1744632skewering
sleeking133410962sleeking
sleeping113812052sleeping
sleeting93114162sleeting
sleeving12359282sleeving
smearing113511752smearing
smeeking15317832smeeking
sneezing18267052sneezing
sobering111912782sobering
spearing113216102spearing
speeding122810932speeding
speeling112713122speeling
speerings12276842speerings
speiring113711262speiring
sphering142811942sphering
spiering112713352spiering
staring84527052st_aring
starring92312952starring
steading103613592steading
stealing93416602stealing
steamering1345442steamering
steaming114013212steaming
stearin7312002stearin_
stearine8311902stearine
stearins8312142stearins
steevings13284442steevings
stemming13408202stemming
stepping13329072stepping
stereoing1037892stereoing
sterling93615552sterling
stetting93410712stetting
stewing113412492st_ewing
stirring9299652stirring
storing83921122st_oring
streeking14217452streeking
streeling10189482streeling
strewing12289852strewing
string75327562st__ring
supering11317682supering
swearing123711442swearing
sweeping14389142sweeping
sweeting123911312sweeting
tearing84021492_tearing
teeing73916972_tee_ing
teeming103513092_teeming
tiering8315252_tiering
uttering91613082uttering
veering113213682_veering

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 Filter1786911210590.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121059803.76632145.2
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691804.24942054.8
 
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