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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 “ceilings” 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.

40 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
ceilings1139799(None) 
ceiling103416721ceiling_
veilings12357311veilings
bellings113811152bellings
callings113613832callings
carlings114015862carlings
catlings113712042catlings
ceilidhs1442132ceilidhs
ceilinged1342372ceilinged
ceilis85413742ceili__s
celling103921262celling_
chitlings15255902chitlings
clings95716212c__lings
codlings123110102codlings
coiling103723452coiling_
cowlings14359782cowlings
curlings114110382curlings
cyclings1635372cyclings
cymlings1634212cymlings
dealings103510702dealings
failings123811012failings
feelings12338932feelings
filings115213072_filings
heelings12359752heelings
heiling113616362heiling_
keglings14245232keglings
mailings113011922mailings
peelings11339522peelings
pilings103313612_pilings
railings93412162railings
reelings94012562reelings
sailings93513252sailings
seisings9398522seisings
seizings18326472seizings
spilings11308812spilings
tailings93211672tailings
tilings84212792_tilings
veiling113615292veiling_
veinings12306432veinings
yealings12257702yealings

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059403.86031362.4
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691404.24942054.8
 
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