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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 “heading” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

160 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
heading12291911(None) 
beading113221861beading
hading113922941h_ading
headings133510491headings
healing113922961healing
heaping133015851heaping
hearing113324161hearing
heating114024321heating
heaving144114761heaving
heeding123515061heeding
herding122915121herding
leading93419551leading
reading93327211reading
beadings123711782beadings
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearding124011942bearding
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
bedding124114482bedding
beheading1636162beheading
bending114420892bending
blading113615362blading
breading123515462breading
ceasing104118262ceasing
ceding104014802ce_ding
cheating144014522cheating
coheading1636622coheading
dealing94323232dealing
deaning94020472deaning
deaving123814752deaving
deeding103315122deeding
dreading113712802dreading
earing75235482_earing
easing74926462_easing
eating75134402_eating
ending83220252_ending
evading1237282evading
fading114821112_fading
fearing113520032fearing
feasing113916652feasing
feazing205411442feazing
feeding123515072feeding
fending123717602fending
feuding123410262feuding
gearing92818842gearing
gelding103911792gelding
goading103112852goading
grading103918712grading
haeing104118922h_aeing
haling104229782h_aling
handing123518892handing
haring104233002h_aring
hating104929712h_ating
having134220372h_aving
hawing134322352h_awing
haying134420612h_aying
hazing194218552h_azing
headend12398362headend
headier113212952headier
headily1478622headily
headline12129612headline
headlong1334122headlong
headpin1336002headpin_
headpins1436102headpins
headwind1643872headwind
hearings123611852hearings
hearsing1239382hearsing
hearting12513122hearting
hedging13348952hedging
heeling113618512heeling
heezing20349872heezing
hefting144510912hefting
heiling113616362heiling
heiring113312902heiring
helling114623222helling
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
helving144011132helving
hemming15269972hemming
henting113719652henting
heralding1435772heralding
herring113615882herring
hewing134514242he_wing
hexing174210512he_xing
hiding114319332h_iding
hilding123713532hilding
hoarding13288642hoarding
hoaxing18307762hoaxing
holding123514282holding
hooding123815202hooding
hording123517052hording
jading154214022_jading
kneading1436372kneading
lading84227122_lading
leadings103511242leadings
leafing113313582leafing
leaking123616972leaking
leaning83721202leaning
leaping103215992leaping
leasing83920162leasing
leaving114216852leaving
lending94118532lending
loading94114612loading
meaning103918702meaning
melding113414272melding
mending114018682mending
nearing83020332nearing
needing93214422needing
peacing124117072peacing
peaking144317692peaking
pealing104123202pealing
pending114119772pending
pleading123011442pleading
readding11411362readding
readings103512642readings
readying13410222readying
reaming103924012reaming
reaping103621212reaping
rearing83128782rearing
reaving113820532reaving
redding103218512redding
reding83825562re_ding
reeding94124132reeding
rending93924262rending
sealing83528562sealing
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
seeding93719482seeding
sending94221372sending
shading123115562shading
sheafing15329482sheafing
shealing123415462shealing
shearing123915902shearing
sheaving154110252sheaving
shedding14278112shedding
shending132511252shending
spading113114382spading
steading103613592steading
teaming103917592teaming
tearing84021492tearing
teasing83918512teasing
tedding103210882tedding
tending94419162tending
threading14107592threading
trading93517972trading
treading103515332treading
vealing114217422vealing
vending124015262vending
wading114619532_wading
weaning114117192weaning
wearing113318862wearing
weaving143211622weaving
wedding133411872wedding
weeding123815212weeding
welding123213252welding
wending123816842wending
yealing112716382yealing
yeaning113814632yeaning

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711603.64029579.9
3Display Results1601600.0602666.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911604.07643839.8
 
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