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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 “sabering” 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.

43 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
sabering11211374(None) 
sabeing102611861sabe_ing
sabring102614841sab_ring
sobering111912781sobering
tabering112211421tabering
barbering14229682barbering
cambering16109872cambering
capering132414962capering
catering112019902catering
havering152211052havering
jabbering2134442jabbering
labeling11311642labeling
laboring112110142laboring
lagering102212312lagering
layering122310352layering
papering132213312papering
sabbing123314742sab_bing
sacring103115982sa_cring
saggering12197792saggering
savoring1269482savoring
sering74731812s__ering
severing122013852severing
sewering122411092sewering
sheering123715102sheering
slabbering15104972slabbering
slavering1338722slavering
sneering93414502sneering
speering113116322speering
sphering142811942sphering
spiering112713352spiering
steering93916792steering
suberin9314562suberin_
suberins10315092suberins
subring104116262sub_ring
supering11317682supering
taboring113010192taboring
tapering112112502tapering
umbering1399432umbering
wafering15208892wafering
wagering13219522wagering
watering122316312watering
wavering152410542wavering
yabbering1734022yabbering

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059433.26637066.4
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.67248663.1
 
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