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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 “parrying” 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.

49 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
parrying1416813(None) 
carrying14148371carrying
harrying15157641harrying
marrying14157221marrying
parring103222061parr_ing
partying14168891partying
tarrying12146721tarrying
arraying1238752_arraying
barring104021592barr_ing
berrying14137372berrying
currying14196492currying
dairying1336352dairying
earring83519012earr_ing
ferrying15146242ferrying
garring93116712garr_ing
herrying15147022herrying
hurrying15145532hurrying
jarring153613192jarr_ing
marring103319552marr_ing
pairing103716732pair_ing
palsying1436232palsying
pandying15217662pandying
panfrying1842992panfrying
parading12313862parading
parawing14310582parawing
parching164313052parching
parging113318602pa_rging
paring94236492pa_r_ing
parking143423042pa_rking
parlaying1537302parlaying
parleying1536112parleying
parling103823762pa_rling
parodying1655422parodying
paroling113316212paroling
parroting1239152parroting
parsing103819552pa_rsing
parting103527382pa_rting
paying123722162pa__ying
praying133717322p_raying
preying133114552p_reying
prying124114802p__rying
purring104515822purr_ing
quarrying2273732quarrying
serrying12167692serrying
sparring113112222sparr_ing
tarring83318302tarr_ing
varying1429722va_rying
warring113717972warr_ing
worrying1534702worrying

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059493.64033258.0
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691494.07943807.6
 
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