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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 “hardenings” 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.

51 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
hardenings154424(None) 
hardening1438021hardening_
gardening1236512gardening_
happenings1842622happenings
harkening1746922harkening_
adenines9310193_a_denines
burdening1335543burdening_
cardings123812643card__ings
careening12310013careening_
carpetings1544213carpetings
darkening1535683darkening_
darnings10378553dar__nings
deadenings1393323deadenings
earnings9419333ear__nings
fastenings14273903fastenings
gardenias1145403gardeni_as
greenings11266663_greenings
handlings14237343hand_lings
hankerings18244753hankerings
happening1735593happening_
hardeners1338083harden_ers
hardens113815023harde__n_s
harpings14379773har__pings
harshening1744173harshening_
hastening13259483hastening_
havening15258553ha_vening_
hearkening1844533hearkening_
heartening1446733heartening_
hirelings1365763hir_elings
hoardings14315113hoard__ings
hoarsening1444403hoarsening_
hoidening1435633hoidening_
hordeins1238323horde_in_s
hornings12238363hor__nings
hoydening1744353hoydening_
ladening1078823la_dening_
maddening1445113maddening_
marketings1743163marketings
pardoning1338763pardoning_
parentings1355613par_entings
pargetings1443713pargetings
ravenings13235183ra_venings
rehardening1644143rehardening_
saddening1245213saddening_
sardining1137573sardining_
screenings1343263screenings
sharpening1644883sharpening_
shortenings1542683shortenings
wakenings1743043wa_kenings
wanderings15215833wanderings
warnings12358453war__nings

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603515.57625215.7
3Display Results51510.0331545.5
 (SQL Overall)178691516.03229623.8
 
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