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

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

30 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
refreshingly225191(None) 
refreshing1746062refreshing__
depressingly1953613depressingly
arrestingly1552974_arrestingly
beseechingly235994beseechingly
caressingly1752954_caressingly
crashingly1964084__crashingly
crushingly1963604__crushingly
decreasingly1952234decreasingly
freezingly2643364__freezingly
freshing152611024__freshing__
pressingly1646004__pressingly
ravishingly2151684r_avishingly
redressing1247824redressing__
reforesting1546194reforesting__
refreezing2344414refreezing__
refreshen1585164refreshen___
refreshened1852464refreshen_ed
refreshening1952424refreshening
refreshens16113994refreshen__s
regressing1248144regressing__
regressively19124754regressively
rejectingly2442944re_jectingly
repressing13310394repressing__
repressively20155184repressively
reproachingly2461514reproachingly
reprovingly2052434repr_ovingly
reshingle1344804___reshingle
revealingly1842654re_vealingly
searchingly2042844sear_chingly

Search took 10 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 Limit124790309.42313243.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691309.82618185.5
 
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