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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 “afflicting” 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.

33 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
afflicting194348(None) 
affecting1845232aff_ecting
affiliating1844172affiliating
affliction1843542affliction
afflictions1943402afflictions
afflictive21102802afflictive
affricating2043962affricating
inflicting1645722inflicting
addicting1485073a_ddicting
affirming1843103aff_irming
affixing2264333aff_i_xing
afflict1547043afflict___
afflicted1843433afflict_ed
afflicter1742823afflict_er
afflicters1852243afflicters
afflicts1644003afflict__s
affrighting2252013affrighting
affronting1742603affronting
airlifting1443343airlifting
astricting1357833astricting
conflicting1944723conflicting
deflecting1736503deflecting
effecting1845583eff_ecting
filiating1339253_filiating
flicking184110043__flicking
flinting123412343__flinting
flirting12319013__flirting
fliting113514613__fli_ting
flitting123010883__flitting
foliating1339253_foliating
inflecting1646313inflecting
mafficking2542643maff_icking
reflecting1638823reflecting

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 Limit140603336.31322272.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.73526531.7
 
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