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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 “holding” 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.

120 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
holding12351428(None) 
folding123912441folding
hilding123713531hilding
holdings13297741holdings
holing104025071hol_ing
holking153512311holking
hooding123815201hooding
hording123517051hording
molding114213751molding
balding114015062balding
beholding1634232beholding
boding104320062bo_ding
bolling103820882bolling
bolting104416762bolting
bonding113318432bonding
childing15288502childing
chording15410152chording
codding124014692codding
coding104024792co_ding
codling114418952codling
cording113620822cording
doling84923132dol_ing
dolling93817372dolling
fonding123815422fonding
fording123717042fording
gelding103911792gelding
gilding103813002gilding
goading103112852goading
godding113911942godding
godling103513402godling
golfing12368942golfing
hading113922942h_ading
haling104229782hal_ing
haloing113814132haloing
halting114419072halting
halving143511542halving
handing123518892handing
heading122919112heading
heeding123515062heeding
helling114623222helling
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
helving144011132helving
herding122915122herding
hiding114319332h_iding
hildings13347502hildings
hilling113821772hilling
hilting113316892hilting
hoarding13288642hoarding
hoaxing18307762hoaxing
hobbing152811122hobbing
hoboing13309452hoboing
hocking173417242hocking
hoddin11369942hoddin_
hoddins12289372hoddins
hoeing104117022ho_eing
hogging133112802hogging
hoising113414412hoising
hoking144419512ho_king
holden104113952holden_
hollaing12167102hollaing
holloing12148822holloing
homing123718382ho_ming
hondling132210012hondling
honing103421502ho_ning
honking153414792honking
hoofing143912552hoofing
hooking153716692hooking
hooping133615702hooping
hooting113919882hooting
hoping123719742ho_ping
hopping154115272hopping
horning113015002horning
horsing113215582horsing
hosing103421102ho_sing
hosting114318382hosting
hotting113116522hotting
hounding132610052hounding
housing113316522housing
howdying1933712howdying
howking183610312howking
howling143413162howling
hulking153910982hulking
hulling113619012hulling
inholding1445112inholding
jolting153410912jolting
loading94114612loading
loiding93313402loiding
lolling83415782lolling
lording93115232lording
melding113414272melding
milding113615452milding
moldings12267202moldings
molting103517172molting
moulding12258142moulding
nodding103811522nodding
podding124113182podding
poling93526502pol_ing
polling102920382polling
ponding114317082ponding
rodding103814532rodding
rolfing113710652rolfing
rolling83620412rolling
scolding12278912scolding
sodding103712732sodding
soling74226822sol_ing
soloing82813802soloing
solving112910852solving
tholing112812332thol_ing
toling73926122tol_ing
tolling83418562tolling
upholding1643372upholding
voiding122910362voiding
voling103918022vol_ing
welding123213252welding
wilding123814292wilding
wolfing14277892wolfing
wooding123012022wooding
wording123014562wording
yodling123610252yodling

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711203.43631336.1
3Display Results1201200.0462608.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911203.85846317.0
 
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