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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 “weekending” 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.

28 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
weekending194223(None) 
weakening1734842weaken_ing
beekeeping1952143beekeeping
deepening1335613deepen_ing
defending15298353_defending
depending14208783_depending
descending1546113descending
emending12298893__emending
expending2045933_expending
extending1835853_extending
perpending1646683perpending
pretending1438613pretending
reblending1455813reblending
relending112412023_relending
remending132311313_remending
resending112313363_resending
sleekening1543073sleeken_ing
sweetening14134133sweeten_ing
wakening1636323w_aken_ing
weeding123815213w_e_e_ding
weekend1533393weekend___
weekended1842173weekend_ed
weekender1742463weekend_er
weekenders1842263weekenders
weekends1642733weekend__s
weening114113973w_e_en_ing
weeweeing1641783weewe_eing
wending123816843w___ending

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603286.03023317.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.46927622.7
 
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