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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 “centering” 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.

41 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
centering12291514(None) 
cantering122417381cantering
centerings13247671centerings
centring112112951cent_ring
entering91920051_entering
tentering102313211tentering
bantering122414242bantering
bettering122212762bettering
cankering162110792cankering
catering112019912c_atering
censoring1238782censoring
censuring1237602censuring
centerline1247042centerline
centrings12227602cent_rings
chuntering1647802chuntering
cindering13311222cindering
countering13314472countering
cratering12312652cratering
decentering1546482decentering
festering132413172festering
fettering132310512fettering
gendering12249752gendering
gettering112310032gettering
lettering102112072lettering
mentoring1239542mentoring
metering112915632me_tering
neutering1038962neutering
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812pe_tering
reentering1149992reentering
rendering112213182rendering
sceptering1545792sceptering
sintering101014802sintering
teetering10239892teetering
tendering112210812tendering
veneering1337662veneering
venturing1337552venturing
weltering13219492weltering
westering132112642westering
wintering13412362wintering

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436413.76332271.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.16942861.8
 
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