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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 “engirdling” 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.

25 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
engirdling134230(None) 
engirding1244151engird_ing
begirdling1542192begirdling
encircling1542842encircling
engilding1244482engild_ing
enkindling1642482enkindling
girdling1146822__girdling
ungirding1245152ungird_ing
begirding1434333begird_ing
engining1039293engi__ning
engirdle1043223engirdl__e
engirdled1242123engirdl_ed
engirdles1142623engirdl_es
engorging1244873engor_ging
engrailing1244853engrailing
engraving1446013eng_raving
enisling949633en_i_sling
ensiling9410723ensi__ling
entitling1037103enti_tling
environing1443093environing
enwinding1444933enwind_ing
girding103611883__gird_ing
unbridling1443903unbridling
unriddling1342633unriddling
upgirding1442373upgird_ing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603256.78320728.7
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.21924752.9
 
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