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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 “grinding” 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.

53 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
grinding113986(None) 
griding103014971gri_ding
grinning1037861grinning
binding113819382_binding
blinding123210162blinding
branding122513682branding
bringing123011272bringing
brining103216472brin_ing
cringing123311382cringing
drinking14308912drinking
finding124116542_finding
friending1495552friending
fringing133010902fringing
gaining94015662gain_ing
gilding103813002g_ilding
ginning93313982g_inning
girding103611882g_irding
girning93210692girn_ing
gliding103911842gli_ding
glinting103210052glinting
grading103918712gr_ading
graining102813182grain_ing
granting103514522granting
griddling1333932griddling
grieving1385892grieving
grifting13299262grifting
grilling103811532grilling
griming113612492gri_ming
grindingly1643752grindingly
griping113012062gri_ping
gripping14277542gripping
gritting10309982gritting
groining102310632groin_ing
grounding1236082grounding
grunting10269582grunting
guiding102911842gui_ding
minding113317892_minding
poinding122510002poinding
priding113317542pri_ding
prinking153212452prinking
printing113216082printing
regrinding1335702regrinding
rending93924262_rending
ridding103314192_ridding
riding84325962_ri_ding
ringing93521282_ringing
rinning83216742_rinning
rinsing82516112_rinsing
trending103012832trending
trindling1137132trindling
trining82919212trin_ing
winding123517912_winding
wringing13279622wringing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059533.42335366.3
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691533.84346497.8
 
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