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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 “announcing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

28 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
announcing134299(None) 
denouncing1443882denouncing
enouncing1245582_enouncing
renouncing1345102renouncing
abounding1335193a_bounding
accounting1544923accounting
amounting1236643a_mounting
annotating1146233annotating
announce1044323announc__e
announced1243293announc_ed
announcer1143293announc_er
announcers1242683announcers
announces1144483announc_es
annoying1246543anno__ying
annulling1045003ann_ulling
anointing1038623a_nointing
astounding1244153astounding
bouncing13318773__bouncing
cannoning1237323canno_n_ing
flouncing1533903_flouncing
frouncing1534763_frouncing
inbounding1443843inbounding
jouncing18336853__jouncing
pouncing13318883__pouncing
preannouncing1861003preannouncing
pronouncing1652923pronouncing
trouncing1235153_trouncing
unrounding1244873unrounding

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603286.45621778.7
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.62226984.4
 
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