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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 “wandering” 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.

34 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
wandering14331098(None) 
dandering122511061dandering
gandering122111291gandering
pandering133211961pandering
wanderings15215831wanderings
wondering142110461wondering
angering102113802_angering
bannering12208802bannering
bantering122414232bantering
cankering162110792cankering
cantering122417372cantering
cindering13311222cindering
dangering12239302dangering
daundering1364462daundering
gendering12249752gendering
hankering17239382hankering
hindering14310272hindering
laddering1237592laddering
laundering1245182laundering
maundering1455352maundering
meandering1446982meandering
pondering132411332pondering
rendering112213182rendering
sanderling1256652sanderling
slandering1237242slandering
sundering11312322sundering
tendering112210812tendering
wafering15208892wa_fering
wagering13219522wa_gering
waitering13310712waitering
watering122316312wa_tering
wavering152410542wa_vering
wildering1456742wildering
wintering13412362wintering

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121436344.60626364.7
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691345.38833164.6
 
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