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

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

26 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
playgoings179237(None) 
playgoing1663561playgoing_
playthings1942362playthings
waygoings1742202_waygoings
blaggings14324463bla_ggings
flaggings15285183fla_ggings
laggings11298403_la_ggings
laughings1443483_laughings
layerings13235683_layerings
pagings114411063p_a_g_ings
pargings123410163p_arg_ings
plaguing1236033pla_guing_
plaitings12296243pla_itings
plankings16326113pla_nkings
plannings12325453pla_nnings
plantings12348403pla_ntings
platings113611363pla__tings
playactings1951353playactings
playdowns1843073playdown_s
playgirls1542293playg_irls
playgoers1543193playgo_ers
playgrounds1851323playgrounds
playing133816093play__ing_
playmakings2352463playmakings
plaything1843853plaything_
waygoing1633273_waygoing_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603266.34322166.6
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.76526414.0
 
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