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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 “terrifying” 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.

58 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
terrifying174516(None) 
torrifying1744171torrifying
aerifying1636492ae_rifying
certifying1945312certifying
horrifying2043982horrifying
metrifying1945682metrifying
petrifying1945822petrifying
terrifyingly2251102terrifyingly
testifying1745402testifying
torrefying1742852torrefying
verbifying2244352verbifying
verifying1936412ve_rifying
versifying2045032versifying
beatifying1945733beatifying
berrying14137383berr__ying
carnifying1945043carnifying
clarifying1944853clarifying
cornifying1944813cornifying
deifying1637633de__ifying
densifying1844813densifying
edifying1636083_e_difying
esterifying1873693este_rifying
etherifying2152843etherifying
ferrying15146253ferr__ying
fortifying2045153fortifying
gentrifying1943813gentrifying
glorifying1843673glorifying
herrying15147033herr__ying
jellifying2443883jellifying
micrifying2144813micrifying
mortifying1944923mortifying
nigrifying1843843nigrifying
nitrifying1744783nitrifying
purifying1835853_purifying
rarifying1646313_rarifying
rectifying1946373rectifying
reedifying1845243reedifying
reifying1539383__reifying
repurifying2043933repurifying
reunifying1745163reunifying
reverifying2143853reverifying
scarifying1945013scarifying
scorifying1944473scorifying
serrying12167703serr__ying
stellifying1842713stellifying
tackifying2343803tackifying
tariffing1644113t_ariffing
tarrying12146723tarr__ying
tepefying1843233te_pefying
terracing1237703terr_acing
terrific1344803terrif_i_c
terrified13147583terrif_ied
terrifier12126603terrif_ier
terrifies12139723terrif_ies
terrify1336353terrify___
trifling122411503t__rifling
typifying2143323t_ypifying
vitrifying2044173vitrifying

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603585.76624384.8
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691586.20228811.8
 
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