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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 “chawing” 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.

100 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
chawing16481303(None) 
cawing124322611c_awing
chafing163911491chafing
charing133721321charing
chasing133715891chasing
chewing163911141chewing
chowing164412771chowing
clawing133812671clawing
hawing134322351_hawing
shawing143514881shawing
thawing14378681thawing
awing96827322__awing
blawing134012752blawing
caging105321022c_aging
caking134624672c_aking
caning94128622c_aning
caring95137992c_aring
casing94829102c_asing
caving124822612c_aving
ceasing104118262ceasing
chaffing2036322chaffing
chain105723672cha_in_
chaine115119222cha_ine
chaining142810782chaining
chains114819702cha_ins
chairing143110772chairing
chalking183310062chalking
champing183610932champing
chancing162810282chancing
chang115418562cha__ng
changing153211512changing
chanting143413532chanting
chapping183710722chapping
charging152910772charging
charking183512612charking
charming163012032charming
charring142913162charring
charting142614192charting
chasings14318252chasings
chatting142810142chatting
cheating144014522cheating
chefing16359032chefing
chewink19315112chewink
chiding143911592chiding
chiming153311832chiming
chining133316842chining
choking173911942choking
choring133617662choring
chowsing17217342chowsing
chuting132910732chuting
claying133614302claying
clewing13359582clewing
coaling103722822coaling
coaming123818322coaming
coating103525312coating
coaxing173511702coaxing
cowing124526322c_owing
craning103620302craning
craping124018712craping
crating103725202crating
craving134015732craving
crawling143110512crawling
crazing193914582crazing
crewing133212632crewing
crowing133814762crowing
dawing114819822_dawing
drawing123812052drawing
flawing143812562flawing
gnawing12377902gnawing
hading113922942_hading
haeing104118922_haeing
haling104229782_haling
haring104233002_haring
hating104929712_hating
having134220372_having
hawking183711422_hawking
haying134420612_haying
hazing194218552_hazing
hewing134514242_hewing
jawing174414962_jawing
lawing104625282_lawing
mawing124020802_mawing
pawing124519552_pawing
phasing133211672phasing
pshawing1733522pshawing
sawing104323812_sawing
shading123115562shading
shaking153317252shaking
shaming133016742shaming
shaping133116182shaping
sharing113723242sharing
shaving143414332shaving
shawling1558222shawling
shewing143812192shewing
showing143814662showing
snawing113612482snawing
tawing104521552_tawing
thrawing1535962thrawing
whaling143910772whaling
yawing134215612_yawing

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711003.26332997.5
3Display Results1001000.0333030.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911003.67248663.1
 
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