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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 “appending” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

104 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
appending153628(None) 
amending12308912a_mending
appealing1446492appealing
appearing1436892appearing
appeasing1446342appeasing
appendant1455732appendant
appendent1446272appendent
appendix2042272appendi_x
ascending1336282ascending
attending11136372attending
depending14208782depending
expending2045932expending
happening1735592happen_ing
impending1535932impending
pending114119772__pending
spending122712432_spending
upending12258132_upending
upsending1334902upsending
abounding1335193abounding
absenting1236993absenting
acceding1446093acce_ding
accenting1487823accenting
agenting1039383a_genting
aliening91510893alien_ing
appalling1444923appalling
append1138273append___
appendage1553343appendage
appendants1544063appendants
appended1435483append_ed
appendents1544403appendents
appendices1743463appendices
appendixes2252443appendixes
appends1236393append__s
appetising1544513appetising
appetizing2445403appetizing
applauding1642103applauding
applying1634653app_lying
appointing1545323appointing
apposing1337403app_osing
apprehending2152493apprehending
apprising1447963apprising
apprizing2347193apprizing
approving1745053approving
aproning11311793apron_ing
aspersing1237603aspersing
assenting1038163assenting
attendings12143523attendings
avenging1345863a_venging
bartending1444913bartending
bending114420893__bending
blending12249963_blending
dampening1535463dampen_ing
defending15298353defending
dispending1547923dispending
emending12298893_emending
ending83220253___ending
expanding2044793expanding
expensing1946003expensing
extending1835853extending
fending123717603__fending
friending1495553friending
happenings1842623happen_ings
impeding1436563impe_ding
intending1139983intending
lappering14258843lappe_ring
lending94118533__lending
lippening14234943lippen_ing
mending114018683__mending
nonending1138003nonending
offending1744093offending
opening1039923_open_ing
papering132213313pape_ring
parenting12611583parenting
patenting1248943patenting
peening103318303_peen_ing
penning103616493__penning
perpending1646673perpending
pleading123011443_pleading
poinding122510003_poinding
ponding114317083__ponding
pounding123311473_pounding
propending1646143propending
rappeling1435963rappe_ling
rappelling1544363rappelling
relending112412023relending
remending132311313remending
rending93924263__rending
repenting122316553repenting
resending112313363resending
ripening1138573ripen_ing
scending122610583_scending
sending94221373__sending
shending132511253_shending
speeding122810933_speeding
spreading1339653spreading
suspending1445033suspending
tending94419163__tending
trending103012833_trending
unbending1337463unbending
unending10239943_unending
unpenning1236183unpenning
upbinding1544303upbinding
vending124015263__vending
wending123816843__wending

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit1486411047.55019687.5
3Display Results1041040.0462260.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911047.75223051.0
 
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