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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 “selling” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

164 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
selling8322583(None) 
belling103825071belling
celling103921261celling
felling113321131felling
gelling93219761gelling
helling114623221helling
jelling153516611jelling
melling102822631melling
sealing83528561sealing
seeling83522001seeling
selfing112911621selfing
shelling123515211shelling
smelling113712731smelling
snelling93913561snelling
spelling113315231spelling
swelling123212751swelling
telling83321091telling
welling112920311welling
yelling113516701yelling
balling104424762balling
bellings113811152bellings
bellying14359072bellying
belting104119132belting
belying133612442belying
billing103823852billing
bolling103820882bolling
bulling104324792bulling
calling103826772calling
ceiling103416722ceiling
culling103921302culling
dealing94323232dealing
deleing93313952deleing
delving123711572delving
dolling93817372dolling
duelling103410732duelling
dulling93418272dulling
dwelling13368412dwelling
falling113621582falling
feeling113617072feeling
felting113515212felting
filling113520802filling
fuelling123410152fuelling
fulling114019702fulling
galling93921962galling
gelding103911792gelding
gilling93520382gilling
gulling94019562gulling
healing113922962healing
heeling113618512heeling
heiling113616362heiling
helloing12159122helloing
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
helving144011132helving
hilling113821772hilling
hulling113619012hulling
jellying19306172jellying
keeling123515122keeling
kegling13309362kegling
kelping14319192kelping
killing123118722killing
knelling13319022knelling
kvelling16146512kvelling
lalling83519632lalling
lolling83415782lolling
lulling83616802lulling
malling103623662malling
melding113414272melding
melting103317752melting
mewling13329512mewling
milling103223682milling
mulling103819992mulling
nilling83619562nilling
nulling83818062nulling
palling104024492palling
pealing104123202pealing
peeling102919872peeling
pelting102917272pelting
pilling103722562pilling
polling102920382polling
pulling103821072pulling
quelling18259792quelling
reeling83126862reeling
relying112914612relying
reselling102213832reselling
rilling84023622rilling
rolling83620412rolling
sailing83927372sailing
sallying12309852sallying
salting84120792salting
salving113913152salving
sapling103217862sapling
scaling103519372scaling
sculling112910992sculling
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
seeding93719482seeding
seedling102610952seedling
seeing74222142se_eing
seeking124016062seeking
seeming103216262seeming
seeping103817912seeping
seining84020772seining
seising84018862seising
seizing174114832seizing
sending94221372sending
sensing84116952sensing
serging93416672serging
sering74731812se_ring
serving113014982serving
setline7313922setline
setting83621392setting
settling978942settling
sewing103819622se_wing
sexing144313892se_xing
shealing123415462shealing
shelving15278172shelving
shilling123315382shilling
sibling10814422sibling
sidling9915422sidling
silking123715592silking
siloing83215502siloing
silting83320482silting
skelping1535972skelping
skilling132911332skilling
skulling13258102skulling
slewing113311352slewing
sling66028802s__ling
sluing74315882s_luing
smelting11339712smelting
smiling103915442smiling
soiling83422322soiling
soling74226822s_oling
soloing82813802soloing
solving112910852solving
spalling113213462spalling
speeling112713122speeling
speiling113612972speiling
spellings12296552spellings
spiling102919702spiling
spilling113113942spilling
staling83925422staling
stalling95116702stalling
stealing93416602stealing
steeling93615142steeling
sterling93615552sterling
stilling93415322stilling
styling112910652styling
sulking124514312sulking
sullying12328512sullying
swellings13296102swellings
swilling123511932swilling
tilling83522782tilling
tolling83418562tolling
unselling10810332unselling
vealing114217422vealing
veiling113615292veiling
walling113520972walling
welding123213252welding
welting113615312welting
willing113821612willing
yealing112716382yealing
yelping13317872yelping

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711643.62329718.7
3Display Results1641640.0632603.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911644.06243990.9
 
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