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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 “entering” 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.

52 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
entering9192005(None) 
centering122915141centering
tentering102313211tentering
altering91917122altering
angering102113802angering
anteing8312812ante_ing
bantering122414242bantering
bettering122212762bettering
cantering122417382cantering
catering112019912catering
centerings13247672centerings
centring112112952cent_ring
encoring11312172encoring
endearing1139322endearing
enduring10310012enduring
enserfing1345892enserfing
ensuring9310172ensuring
enteric9314212enteri_c
enterics10312862enterics
enteron7313342enteron_
enterons8314152enterons
enticing11311802enticing
enuring8813882en_uring
festering132413172festering
fettering132310512fettering
gendering12249752gendering
gettering112310032gettering
inhering12913712inhering
interning10315252interning
interring10315422interring
lettering102112072lettering
mentoring1239542mentoring
metering112915632metering
mitering113015402mitering
neutering1038962neutering
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812petering
reentering1149992reentering
rendering112213182rendering
sintering101014802sintering
sneering93414502sneering
teetering10239892teetering
tendering112210812tendering
untiring9312002untiring
uttering91613082uttering
veneering1337662veneering
venturing1337552venturing
watering122316322watering
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 Filter1786911210590.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit121059523.48634727.2
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.99944683.9
 
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