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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 “foregathering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
foregathering215195(None) 
forgathering2052191for_gathering
regathering1645202__regathering
feathering17108793f__e_athering
foregather1743663foregather___
foregathered2051783foregather_ed
foregathers1843223foregather__s
woolgathering216973woolgathering
fathering161010094f____athering
featherings18105374f__e_atherings
foredating1577124foredat___ing
forefather1943574forefather___
forefathers2053144forefather__s
forgather1643664for_gather___
forgathered1951824for_gather_ed
forgathers1743554for_gather__s
furthering1744354fur___thering
gathering1499464____gathering
godfathering2151464go_dfathering
ingathering16103014__ingathering
leathering1488684__le_athering
upgathering1842204__upgathering
weathering1798354__we_athering
woolgatherings227784woolgatherings

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024247.86012089.6
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691248.22021738.6
 
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