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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 “wavering” 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.

46 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
wavering15241054(None) 
havering152211051havering
wafering15208891wafering
wagering13219521wagering
watering122316321watering
averring12239062_averring
averting122512732_averting
beavering1538702beavering
capering132414962capering
catering112019912catering
caverning1536282caverning
clavering1538372clavering
covering142215732covering
davening13258872davening
favoring1596672favoring
fevering152510082fevering
gaveling133410162gaveling
havening15258552havening
hovering151911142hovering
lagering102212312lagering
laveering1336812laveering
layering122310352layering
levering122212502levering
livering122012382livering
overing111918052_overing
papering132213312papering
quavering2235952quavering
raveling123414372raveling
ravening122611292ravening
revering122918072revering
sabering112113742sabering
savoring1269482savoring
severing122013852severing
slavering1338722slavering
tabering112211422tabering
tapering112112502tapering
unwavering1743222unwavering
wairing113414312wa_iring
waitering13310722waitering
wakening1636322wakening
wandering143310982wandering
waring105029442wa__ring
warring113717972wa_rring
waterings13229262waterings
waveringly2043722waveringly
waving134018202wav__ing

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 Filter1786911210590.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit121059467.00017294.1
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.70623188.6
 
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