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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 “porpoising” 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.

31 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
porpoising154583(None) 
proposing1439672propo_sing
purposing1445232purpo_sing
composing16179843compo_sing
comprising1748633comprising
mispoising1546583mispoising
moralising1347623moralising
mortising1238693mor_tising
opposing1336383_oppo_sing
parboiling1545173parboiling
poetising1238713po_etising
poising103617103___poising
polarising1347663polarising
porpoise1248083porpois__e
porpoised1445443porpois_ed
porpoises1348433porpois_es
portioning1347193portioning
postposing1555023postpo_sing
potboiling1544123potboiling
praising113214563p_r_aising
precising14413273p_recising
premising14412413p_remising
prevising15510873p_revising
prising103321453p_r__ising
promising14410973p_romising
propining14310133prop_ining
proponing1439993propo_ning
prosing103319383p_r_o_sing
purloining1343973purloining
purporting1543793purporting
surprising1345623surprising

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 Filter1786911406030.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit140603316.47021731.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.65626846.6
 
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