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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 “parawing” 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.

30 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
parawing1431058(None) 
parading12313861parading
parawings1535831parawings
drawing123812052_drawing
garaging1139042garaging
parang93715512para__ng
parasang1147332parasang
parbaking1877202parbaking
parching164313052parching
parging113318602par_ging
paring94236492par__ing
parking143423042par_king
parlaying1537302parlaying
parling103823762par_ling
paroling113316212paroling
parring103222062par_ring
parrying14168132parrying
parsing103819552par_sing
partaking1698672partaking
parting103527382par_ting
partying14168892partying
pawing124519552p__awing
phrasing1438012phrasing
pirating11314512pirating
prating103424452p_rating
prawning1446962p_rawning
praying133717322p_raying
pshawing1733522pshawing
strawing122411622strawing
thrawing1535962thrawing

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 Limit121059303.40635542.9
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.80946912.8
 
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