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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 “berrying” 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
berrying1413738(None) 
ferrying15146251ferrying
herrying15147031herrying
serrying12167701serrying
barring104021592barr_ing
bearding124011942bearding
bearing103624772bear_ing
belaying143110602belaying
bellying14359072bellying
belying133612442be_lying
beraking153612972beraking
berating113220762berating
berhyming2042712berhyming
beriming13310462beriming
berming123614832be_rming
berthing14209602berthing
betraying1537712betraying
beworrying1941622beworrying
bewraying1834872bewraying
birring103713062birr_ing
braying134416312b_raying
burring104016992burr_ing
burying133413912b_urying
carrying14148372carrying
currying14196492currying
decrying15237412decrying
erring73816482_err_ing
harrying15157642harrying
herring113615882herr_ing
hurrying15145532hurrying
marrying14157232marrying
parrying14168132parrying
redrying13209022redrying
refrying15278902refrying
retrying122410452retrying
tarrying12146722tarrying
wearying1546702wearying
wherrying1953002wherrying
worrying1534702worrying

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 Filter1786911210590.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit121059393.97030493.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691394.45240137.2
 
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