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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 “abashing” 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.

39 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
abashing146662(None) 
abasing10610671abas_ing
bashing135422581_bashing
aahing1019015762a_a_hing
abating10413972aba_ting
abusing1049112abus_ing
amassing1138002amassing
ambushing1744032ambushing
ashing107824092__ashing
baching156017752_baching
bashings144311242_bashings
basing95427662_bas_ing
basking144718612_basking
basting104227202_basting
bathing134816242_bathing
bushing134018582_bushing
cashing135022552_cashing
clashing143812192clashing
crashing143512632crashing
dashing125917892_dashing
deashing134210952deashing
fashing144918792_fashing
flashing153711552flashing
gashing125119232_gashing
gnashing1336422gnashing
hashing145020162_hashing
lashing114422892_lashing
leashing123310312leashing
mashing134422242_mashing
pashing135120512_pashing
plashing143311062plashing
quashing2137092quashing
sashing114621472_sashing
slashing123713412slashing
smashing143310242smashing
stashing123511582stashing
swashing15369742swashing
trashing122613222trashing
washing145119282_washing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit121059393.83031608.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691394.32941277.7
 
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