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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 “grooving” 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.

38 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
grooving1328671(None) 
grooming12309511grooming
brooding122911372brooding
brooking153710702brooking
brooming132911142brooming
crooking153611342crooking
crooning113112112crooning
drooling102610422drooling
drooping12268802drooping
droving12379682dr_oving
glooming12358012glooming
gloving12308442g_loving
goofing123510632g_oofing
goosing93314082g_oosing
graving123114562gr_aving
grieving1385892grieving
groaning102410282groaning
groining102310632groining
grokking1334812grokking
groovier1233792groovier
groping113313102gr_oping
grossing103111062grossing
grouping12308532grouping
grousing103410452grousing
grouting103410792grouting
growing123512472gr_owing
growling1348162growling
proofing1439312proofing
proving134214072pr_oving
regrooving1553502regrooving
roofing113814352_roofing
rooking123517362_rooking
rooming104117042_rooming
roosing84018132_roosing
rooting83522432_rooting
roving103618742_r_oving
trooping112710282trooping
vrooming14287352vrooming

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059383.54634139.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.95245215.3
 
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