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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 “pothunting” 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.

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
pothunting164365(None) 
pothuntings1751591pothuntings
foxhunting2441832foxhunting
nonhunting1444682nonhunting
outhunting1446142outhunting
antihunting1573933antihunting
counting113115273co__unting
foxhuntings255973foxhuntings
hunting114317123___hunting
mounting112711813mo__unting
patenting1248943pat_enting
pointing112813683po__inting
polluting1235703pollu_ting
pothering151911283poth_ering
pothunter1443513pothunt_er
pothunters1543343pothunters
potshotting1752663potshotting
potting103720893pot___ting
pouncing13318883po__uncing
pounding123311473po__unding
pouting103519943po__u_ting
punting103318443p___unting
shunting123610433__shunting
strunting1037873_strunting
stunting92811503_st_unting
taunting93510933__taunting
thunking16196953__thunking

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603275.87623928.4
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.29528386.2
 
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