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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 “earring” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

126 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
earring8351901(None) 
barring104021591barring
earing75235481ea_ring
earning83418211earning
earrings9299631earrings
erring73816481e_rring
garring93116711garring
jarring153613191jarring
marring103319551marring
parring103222061parring
tarring83318301tarring
warring113717971warring
airing74927502_airing
arcing95819642_arcing
arming94719802_arming
barbing123716992barbing
barding113822892barding
barfing134615092barfing
barging114018482barging
baring95135852ba_ring
barking144724182barking
barning104320352barning
bearding124011942bearding
bearing103624772bea_ring
birring103713062birring
burring104016992burring
carding113922442carding
caring95137992ca_ring
carking144322852carking
carling103727062carling
carping123521082carping
carrying14148372carrying
carting104228282carting
carving133916772carving
charring142913162charring
curring103616842curring
daring84928682da_ring
darking134217342darking
darling93418362darling
darning93817332darning
darting94020662darting
deairing10311892deairing
debarring1335722debarring
eagling91113602eagling
eanling81416672eanling
earings84517712ea_rings
earnings9419332earnings
earringed1144452earringed
earthing12310332earthing
earwig10114702earwi_g
easing74926462ea_sing
easting84924302easting
eating75134402ea_ting
embarring1444522embarring
enuring8813882enuring
erasing8317962erasing
fairing113614012fairing
farcing133514002farcing
farding123716742farding
faring105231282fa_ring
farming133515082farming
farting114120752farting
fearing113520032fea_ring
furring114013142furring
garbing113613272garbing
gearing92818842gea_ring
gnarring10225972gnarring
haring104233002ha_ring
harking154120942harking
harming133717932harming
harping134118382harping
harrying15157642harrying
hearing113324162hea_ring
hearsing1239382hearsing
hearting12513122hearting
herring113615882herring
karting123716062karting
lairing83715342lairing
larding92917872larding
larking123718252larking
learning978552learning
marking144020132marking
marling103322772marling
marrying14157232marrying
marting103325012marting
narking124015382narking
nearing83020332nea_ring
oaring74225302oa_ring
pairing103716732pairing
parging113318602parging
paring94236492pa_ring
parking143423042parking
parling103823762parling
parrying14168132parrying
parsing103819552parsing
parting103527382parting
pearling11912012pearling
purring104515822purring
raring74332872ra_ring
rearing83128782rea_ring
rearming111413612rearming
sabring102614842sabring
sacring103115982sacring
scarring112511512scarring
searing83330922sea_ring
sparring113112222sparring
starring92312952starring
taring73932282ta_ring
tarrying12146722tarrying
tarting84222652tarting
tearing84021492tea_ring
varying1429722varying
wairing113414312wairing
warding123918142warding
waring105029442wa_ring
warking153519572warking
warming133515082warming
warning113717092warning
warping133715182warping
wearing113318862wea_ring
wearying1546702wearying
yarding123413142yarding
yarning113512952yarning
yearling1297882yearling
yearning1296982yearning
yirring11307762yirring

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit1076711263.56330219.2
3Display Results1261260.0632000.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911264.01644494.8
 
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