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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 “roarings” 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.

34 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
roarings924829(None) 
roaring82916001roaring_
soarings93210391soarings
bearings113912252bearings
boardings13296062boardings
boatings113710112boatings
borings103614242bo_rings
coamings13349292coamings
coatings113811842coatings
darings93713652_darings
earings84517712_earings
gearings10359502gearings
hearings123611852hearings
hoardings14315112hoardings
loadings10378382loadings
loanings9348012loanings
moorings11257712moorings
oaring74225302_oaring_
parings104219212_parings
racings105015132r_acings
raring74332872r_aring_
ratings84217412r_atings
ravings114614502r_avings
readings103512642readings
rearing83128782rearing_
roaming103215792roaming_
roaringly1336452roaringly
rollings9419952rollings
roofings12256022roofings
rovings11439492ro_vings
rowings113710362ro_wings
soaring83521892soaring_
sorings83817252so_rings
tourings9277372tourings

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059343.79631891.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.20242525.2
 
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