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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 “respecting” 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.

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
respecting154988(None) 
resecting122816481res_ecting
expecting2146692_expecting
inspecting1546222inspecting
prospecting1845852prospecting
reejecting2045812reejecting
reelecting1338782reelecting
reerecting1339972reerecting
refecting152413352re_fecting
reflecting1638822reflecting
reinspecting1763202reinspecting
rejecting192211152re_jecting
repeating122618982re_peating
repenting122316552re_penting
reseating102421532res_eating
reselecting1446022reselecting
resenting102619292res_enting
resetting102816292res_etting
resmelting1337262resmelting
respacing1438892respac_ing
respeaking1736802respeaking
respective1747622respective
respelling1347972respelling
respiting121912862resp_iting
respotting1347112respotting
suspecting1565702suspecting

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 Filter1786911088240.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit108824262.89037655.4
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.29654214.5
 
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