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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 “displeasing” 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.

33 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
displeasing154493(None) 
diseasing11310832dis__easing
dispensing1448232disp_ensing
dispersing1449302disp_ersing
displacing1646412displ_acing
displaying1746312displ_aying
dispreading1645912dispreading
mispleading1744352mispleading
disappearing1863143disappearing
discasing1339433dis__casing
disclosing1446613discl_osing
disparaging1644723disparaging
dispelling1447613disp_elling
dispending1547923disp_ending
displanting1546043displanting
displease1245523displeas__e
displeased1444483displeas_ed
displeases1345683displeas_es
displeasure1451623displeasure
disploding1575873displ_oding
displuming1644373displ_uming
disposing1339933disp__osing
dispraising1546043dispraising
disseating121111783dis_seating
disseising1247643dis_seising
distressing1385973distressing
impleading1643763_impleading
misleading1446833mis_leading
misphrasing1944153misphrasing
misplacing1745913mispl_acing
misplaying1845553mispl_aying
pleasing112611593___pleasing
unpleasing1344773_unpleasing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911216330.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121633335.56021876.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691335.99929786.8
 
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