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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 “battling” 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.

60 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
battling11311049(None) 
bantling112612001bantling
batting104422271batt_ing
bottling11279141bottling
brattling1236001brattling
rattling92510871rattling
tattling9259471tattling
wattling12258781wattling
babbling12228692babbling
baffling1756052baffling
bailing103723522ba_iling
baiting103918882bait_ing
baling94829692ba__ling
balling104424762ba_lling
bantlings12216602bantlings
basting104227202bast_ing
batching163712092batching
bathing134816242ba_thing
batiking1537502batiking
bating95132252ba_t_ing
battening12268852battening
battering122715142battering
battings114010572batt_ings
batwing13509812ba_twing
bawling133813862ba_wling
beetling1139282beetling
betting103921402bett_ing
bitting103717292bitt_ing
blatting114111652blatt_ing
bottlings12215292bottlings
brittling1235542brittling
bustling112110062bustling
butling103516812b_utling
butting103519282butt_ing
castling11311232castling
catling104819792ca_tling
catting103922642catt_ing
cuttling1138202cuttling
dartling1039562dartling
embattling1542192embattling
fatling113815682fa_tling
fatting113818702fatt_ing
fettling1266772fettling
guttling1037292guttling
hatting113920232hatt_ing
kittling1336062kittling
mantling112012612mantling
matting103620142matt_ing
mottling11197752mottling
nettling957212nettling
patting103722342patt_ing
pettling1168212pettling
prattling1246302prattling
ratting83822362ratt_ing
rattlings10235512rattlings
settling978942settling
tatting84019522tatt_ing
twattling1332692twattling
vatting113614852vatt_ing
vittling1236142vittling

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059603.95330624.6
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691604.34241154.1
 
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