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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 “practising” 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.

34 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
practising158636(None) 
practicing1775581practicing
praising113214562pra__ising
precising14413272prec_ising
baptising1446093_baptising
braising113014563bra__ising
bratticing1543923bratticing
chastising1654883chastising
dramatising1554393dramatising
fractioning1744333fractioning
fracturing1643933fracturing
franchising2053843franchising
parasitising1553463parasitising
patining11312303p_a_tining
pectizing2348013p_ectizing
poetising1238713p_oetising
practise12310143practis__e
practised1446103practis_ed
practises1349623practis_es
prating103424453pra_t__ing
prattling1246303pra_ttling
preaccusing1843163preaccusing
preacting142412533preact__ing
precessing1598743precessing
premising14412413pr_emising
prenticing1547883prenticing
prevising15510873pr_evising
prising103321453pr___ising
privatising1754063privatising
processing15108183processing
proctoring1546673proctoring
promising14410973pr_omising
raising83220533_ra__ising
upraising1237263upra__ising

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603348.26617009.8
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691348.70220534.5
 
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