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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 “freshening” 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
freshening174477(None) 
freshing152611022fresh__ing
refreshening1952422refreshening
reshining13310742_reshining
crispening1543873crispening
fastening13268603f_astening
festering132413173f_estering
flehmening1942243flehmening
fleshing15339303flesh__ing
foreseeing1444553fores_eeing
foreshowing2153523foreshowing
freeing113713913fre__e_ing
freezing21308323fre__ezing
frequenting2443273frequenting
frescoing1544683fres_coing
freshen133010883freshe__n_
freshened1645253freshen_ed
freshener1544853freshen_er
fresheners1643863fresheners
freshens14298313freshe__ns
frightening1982683frightening
greatening1245443greatening
greening103112533gre__ening
harshening1744173harshening
lessening1045333_lessening
preening113115843pre__ening
preopening1546243preopening
presenting131013023pres_enting
preshaping1845423preshaping
preshowing1944473preshowing
rechewing1836493_rechewing
reddening1237433_reddening
reopening1248823_reopening
reseeding112410493_reseeding
reseeing92412623_res_eeing
reseeking14208493_reseeking
resending112313363_res_ending
resenting102619293_res_enting
resewing122712263_res_ewing
reshaping1557743_reshaping
reshaving1657273_reshaving
reshoeing1336593_reshoeing
reshowing1646633_reshowing
resigning1139463_resigning
resining92919553_res_ining
richening1546223_richening
trephining1644933trephining

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603476.65621124.2
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.09225196.1
 
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