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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 “berthing” 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.

30 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
berthing1420960(None) 
birthing14338431birthing
airthing12297952airthing
bathing134816242b_athing
beaching164114142beaching
beating104326872beat_ing
beetling1139282beetling
belching16349152belching
belting104119132belt_ing
benching163411342benching
beraking153612972beraking
berating113220762berating
beriming13310462beriming
berming123614832ber_ming
berrying14137382berrying
besting104923922best_ing
bethink1677202be_think
betrothing1644672betrothing
betting103921402be_tting
birching16328462birching
birthings15254622birthings
breathing15218372breathing
earthing12310332earthing
farthing1538072farthing
girthing13256082girthing
northing12199062northing
perching163711632perching
seething1239022seething
teething1237162teething
worthing15178052worthing

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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059304.06329795.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.48239868.6
 
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