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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 “commencing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

47 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
commencing194618(None) 
commending1846631commending
commenting1749171commenting
commercing1955971commercing
commanding1845922commanding
communing16207862commun_ing
recommencing2153332recommencing
cadencing1544963c_adencing
cementing1438763c_ementing
coalescing1545163coalescing
coercing1349003co__ercing
combining1637893combin_ing
commence16149103commenc__e
commenced18157133commenc_ed
commencer17147803commenc_er
commencers18156373commencers
commences17139583commenc_es
commentating1957043commentating
commercial1855283commercial
commingling1952823commingling
comminuting1844503comminuting
committing1746683committing
commixing2345193comm_ixing
commoving1944983comm_oving
communising1844963communising
communizing2745233communizing
commuting16288443comm_uting
companying2044813companying
compeering1747053compeering
compelling1746553compelling
compering163414163compe_ring
competing163712463compe_ting
condensing1447743condensing
consenting13313213consenting
contending1449123contending
contenting13313323contenting
convening15311193conven_ing
conventing16311543conventing
convincing1845343convincing
cozening20188303co_zen_ing
fomenting1537233fo_menting
omening10310093_o_men_ing
pommeling1643873pomme_ling
pommelling1743613pommelling
recommending2053233recommending
romancing1446043ro_mancing
tormenting1345693tormenting

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603475.39026085.9
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691475.57632046.4
 
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