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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 “tailgating” 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
tailgating124491(None) 
ablating11312003_abl_ating
alighting1446413_alighting
dilating102714913_dil_ating
epilating12310973epil_ating
filiating1339253_filiating
ligating102212283_li_gating
navigating1545003navigating
obligating1445813obligating
palliating1347893palliating
palpating1438543pa_lpating
sailboating1453463sailboating
salivating1447443salivating
tableting1236353tabl_eting
tabletting1344093tabletting
tabulating1346433tabulating
tailgate946823tailgat__e
tailgated1145133tailgat_ed
tailgater1044353tailgat_er
tailgaters1143403tailgaters
tailgates1046533tailgat_es
tailing82923103tail___ing
tailoring1036403tail_oring
tainting93613583tai__nting
tallaging1146503ta_llaging
targeting1137303ta_rgeting
tilting83417103t_il__ting
titillating1243713titillating
titrating10310113t_itrating
toileting1036263toil_eting
vacillating1744623vacillating
validating1545843validating
valuating1338653va_luating
variegating1643213variegating

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603346.73320882.7
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.18524870.0
 
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