Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shortenings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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122 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
shortenings	15	4	268	(None)
shortening	14	4	530	1	shortening_
hardenings	15	4	424	3	_hardenings
hornings	12	23	836	3	_hor__nings
screenings	13	4	326	3	s_creenings
sharpening	16	4	488	3	sharpening_
shirtings	13	27	660	3	shirt__ings
shootings	13	26	606	3	shoot__ings
shorelines	13	4	614	3	shor_elines
shorings	12	26	948	3	shor___ings
shortcomings	20	5	118	3	shortcomings
shorteners	13	4	508	3	shorten_ers
shortens	11	28	899	3	shorte__n_s
shorting	12	25	1480	3	short__ing_
smartening	13	4	499	3	smartening_
softening	13	6	549	3	s_oftening_
stoutening	11	4	338	3	stoutening_
sweetenings	15	15	234	3	sweetenings
whitenings	17	4	261	3	wh_itenings
chartering	16	10	925	4	chartering_
chastening	16	5	652	4	chastening_
chortens	13	30	879	4	chorte__n_s
chortling	15	3	556	4	chort_ling_
christenings	18	5	128	4	christenings
churnings	15	23	340	4	chur__nings
corbelings	15	4	407	4	_corbelings
fastenings	14	27	390	4	_fastenings
forewings	16	4	511	4	_for_ewings
fortuning	13	4	549	4	_fortuning_
ghostings	14	3	348	4	ghost__ings
greenings	11	26	666	4	__greenings
happenings	18	4	262	4	_happenings
hardening	14	3	802	4	_hardening_
harkening	17	4	692	4	_harkening_
hastening	13	25	948	4	_hastening_
heartening	14	4	673	4	heartening_
hirelings	13	6	576	4	_hir_elings
hoarsening	14	4	440	4	_hoarsening_
hoidening	14	3	563	4	_hoidening_
hordeins	12	3	832	4	_horde_in_s
horning	11	30	1500	4	_hor__ning_
horsemints	15	4	398	4	_horsemints
hosteling	13	3	789	4	_hosteling_
hoydening	17	4	435	4	_hoydening_
mornings	11	29	792	4	_mor__nings
northings	13	18	557	4	_nort_hings
openings	11	3	480	4	__o_penings
portending	14	4	619	4	_portending_
portering	12	20	1230	4	_portering_
quarterings	21	4	372	4	quarterings
scatterings	14	10	397	4	scatterings
scorning	11	6	913	4	scor__ning_
scoutings	12	30	614	4	scout__ings
screening	12	4	718	4	s_creening_
serotonins	10	4	652	4	serotonin_s
shaftings	16	22	418	4	shaft__ings
shattering	14	9	828	4	shattering_
shavelings	17	4	350	4	sh_avelings
sheathings	17	4	391	4	sheat_hings
sheening	12	30	1080	4	sh__eening_
sheetings	13	25	671	4	sh__eetings
sheltering	14	4	649	4	sheltering_
shielings	13	23	712	4	sh__ielings
shirrings	13	24	532	4	shir__rings
shirting	12	32	1361	4	shirt__ing_
shoeing	11	32	1188	4	sho__e_ing_
shoestrings	15	4	264	4	shoestrings
shooting	12	28	1286	4	shoot__ing_
shoppings	17	29	507	4	sho__ppings
shorebirds	16	5	252	4	shor_ebirds
shoreline	12	4	662	4	shor_elin_e
shoring	11	28	2007	4	shor___ing_
shortchange	20	5	169	4	shortchange
shortchanges	21	5	162	4	shortchanges
shortcoming	19	5	195	4	shortcoming_
shorten	10	35	1141	4	shorte__n__
shortened	13	4	566	4	shorte__ned
shortener	12	4	577	4	shorte__ner
shorthairs	16	7	281	4	shorthai_rs
shorthands	17	4	349	4	short_hands
shorthorns	16	4	361	4	shorthorn_s
shortias	11	4	809	4	short__i_as
shorties	11	4	1458	4	short__i_es
shortlists	13	4	408	4	short_lists
shortness	12	3	673	4	short_n_ess
shortnesses	14	4	679	4	shortnesses
shortwaving	21	5	150	4	shortwaving_
shotting	12	30	1238	4	sho_t_ting_
shouting	12	27	1179	4	shout__ing_
shoveling	16	3	555	4	sho_veling_
showering	16	4	640	4	sho_wering_
showings	15	24	688	4	sho___wings
showrings	16	4	406	4	sho__wrings
shrewing	15	22	808	4	sh_r_ewing_
shrieking	17	3	458	4	sh_rieking_
shrieving	16	3	397	4	sh_rieving_
shrining	12	26	1085	4	sh_r_ining_
shuttering	14	9	656	4	shuttering_
skirtings	14	27	456	4	skirt__ings
smatterings	14	10	384	4	smatterings
smoothening	17	5	211	4	smoothening_
snorkeling	15	4	297	4	snorkeling_
snorting	9	26	1337	4	snort__ing_
soddening	12	4	454	4	s_oddening_
somethings	16	4	299	4	s_omethings
sorings	8	38	1725	4	s_or___ings
sorning	8	31	1681	4	s_or__ning_
sortieing	10	4	616	4	s_ortieing_
sorting	8	32	2181	4	s_ort__ing_
southings	13	24	623	4	s_out_hings
sparteines	12	10	517	4	sparte_ines
sporting	11	24	1546	4	sport__ing_
spoutings	12	24	515	4	spout__ings
starvelings	15	4	222	4	starvelings
storytellings	17	6	91	4	storytellings
surveyings	17	4	197	4	s_urveyings
sweetening	14	13	413	4	sweetening_
thickenings	21	5	168	4	thickenings
thorning	12	3	751	4	thor__ning_
whitening	16	3	510	4	wh_itening_
whitewings	20	4	233	4	wh_itewings
worsening	13	4	555	4	_worsening_

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148819	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	122	9.266	16060.8
3	Display Results	122	122	0.063	1936.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	122	9.485	18839.3