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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 “excelling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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107 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
excelling193564(None) 
expelling1936131expelling
celling103921262__celling
exceeding2043492exceeding
excellent1844572excellent
excepting2145872excepting
excessing1945712excessing
extolling1744622extolling
belling103825073__belling
bevelling15227453bevelling
bowelling1566493bowelling
calling103826773__calling
cancelling1547213cancelling
ceiling103416723__ceiling
culling103921303__culling
cupelling1436283cupelling
defuelling1573543defuelling
dowelling1466253dowelling
duelling103410733_duelling
dwelling13368413_dwelling
emceeing1343573emce_eing
enamelling1344313enamelling
enrolling1087733enrolling
equalling1945243equalling
exalting1638033ex_alting
exampling2143553exampling
excelled18125703excell_ed
excellence2152713excellence
excellency2451953excellency
excelsior1852323excelsior
excerpting2244143excerpting
exciding1935923exc_iding
excising1837213exc_ising
exciting1838023exc_iting
excluding2043463excluding
excreting1946433excreting
excusing1836503exc_using
executing1945583executing
exerting162211153ex_erting
exhaling1936293ex_haling
exiling15311083ex__iling
expecting2146693expecting
expellant1844963expellant
expellent1845273expellent
expending2045933expending
expensing1946003expensing
experting1938053experting
expulsing1944283expulsing
exsecting1935933exsecting
exserting1736663exserting
extending1835853extending
exulting1637643ex_ulting
felling113321133__felling
ferrelling1445063ferrelling
fuelling123410153_fuelling
gavelling14286873gavelling
gelling93219763__gelling
gruelling1155603gruelling
helling114623223__helling
hovelling1636163hovelling
impelling1436913impelling
jelling153516613__jelling
jewelling2034833jewelling
kennelling1573863kennelling
kernelling1584143kernelling
knelling13319023_knelling
kvelling16146513_kvelling
labelling1238083labelling
levelling13206973levelling
libelling1236873libelling
marcelling1545593marcelling
melling102822623__melling
modelling1336883modelling
nickelling1743643nickelling
panelling1239073panelling
parcelling1546173parcelling
pencilling1545473pencilling
quelling18259793_quelling
ravelling13269243ravelling
rebelling122111163rebelling
recalling122211903recalling
reexpelling2142523reexpelling
refelling132211313refelling
refuelling1474973refuelling
repelling122312753repelling
reselling102213833reselling
respelling1347973respelling
retelling102112493retelling
revelling132412553revelling
rowelling1366993rowelling
sculling112910993_sculling
selling83225833__selling
shelling123515213_shelling
smelling113712723_smelling
snelling93913563_snelling
spelling113315233_spelling
swelling123212753_swelling
teaselling1145333teaselling
teazelling2043803teazelling
telling83321083__telling
towelling1366253towelling
unselling10810333unselling
upwelling1535233upwelling
weaselling1454233weaselling
welling112920313__welling
yelling113516703__yelling
yodelling1435193yodelling

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit1486411076.83021763.0
3Display Results1071070.0462326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911077.29624491.6
 
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