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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 “horsewhipping” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
horsewhipping27696(None) 
horsewhipped26151323horsewhipp_ed
horsewhipper25151613horsewhipp_er
horsewhippers26151343horsewhippers
worshipping2251553wors__hipping
horseshoeing1961604horsesh_oeing
horsewhip2052544horsewhi_p___
horsewhips2152884horsewhi_p__s
preshipping1852894_pr_eshipping
reshipping1843794__r_eshipping
worshiping1942264wors__hi_ping
bullwhipping2510905_bullwhipping
gossipping1641905go_s__sipping
hedgehopping2561015hedge_hopping
housekeeping2261805house_keeping
housesitting1651875house_sitting
housewarming2151655housew_arming
mousetrapping2061005mousetrapping
overtipping1945235_o_vertipping
prewrapping1842395_pr_ewrapping
redipping1555595__r_e_dipping
reequipping2551395__reequipping
rewrapping1843345__r_ewrapping
shipping163611255___s__hipping
transhipping2073225_transhipping
unshipping1843205_uns__hipping
whipping19328175_____whipping

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790278.56314573.2
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.96919923.2
 
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