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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 “arousing” 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.

38 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
arousing9381180(None) 
carousing1237891carousing
grousing103410451grousing
rousing83920551_rousing
abusing1049112a_busing
accusing1336782accusing
amusing1039382a_musing
arguing9248732argu_ing
arising83619972ar_ising
armouring1244982armouring
blousing1138792blousing
bousing103718042_bousing
browsing14319352browsing
chousing14259422chousing
crossing112612682crossing
dousing93315762_dousing
drouking1436442drouking
drowsing13287772drowsing
grossing103111062grossing
grouping12308532grouping
grouting103410792grouting
housing113316522_housing
lousing83817732_lousing
mousing103816272_mousing
prosing103319382pro_sing
rearousing1156452rearousing
reusing82516782_reusing
roosing84018132_roosing
rosing73925592_ro_sing
rouging93114702_rouging
rouping103715792_rouping
rousting93913272_rousting
routing83821092_routing
sousing83517822_sousing
spousing11198732spousing
tousing82916992_tousing
trouping11249502trouping
uprousing1235622uprousing

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059383.79631891.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.21842363.9
 
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