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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fordeferring” 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.

21 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
deferring143614(None) 
deterring1138621deterring
referring1338031referring
debarring1335712debarring
decerning1337292decerning
defeating142311972defeating
defecting162510222defecting
defencing16226692defencing
defending15298352defending
defensing14217002defensing
deforcing1636062deforcing
deforming1636702deforming
degerming1435752degerming
demerging1436642demerging
demurring1335252demurring
deperming1537112deperming
deserting11713142deserting
deserving1497902deserving
deterging1237852deterging
inferring1338612inferring
preferring1645622preferring

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 Filter1786911214360.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121436214.07629792.9
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691214.23242223.8