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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 “servings” 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.

36 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
servings1224922(None) 
nervings12256311nervings
sergings10299211sergings
serving113014981serving_
carvings143810202carvings
deservings1593662deservings
herrings12379532herrings
leavings12407492leavings
nervines112310462nervines
nerving112910822nerving_
savings114412952s_avings
seatings93614302seatings
seeings84411292se_eings
seemings11337642seemings
seisings9398522seisings
seizings18326472seizings
sereins73716112serein_s
serging93416672serging_
serines74229542ser_ines
sering74731812ser_ing_
seringa83310742ser_inga
seringas9339002ser_ingas
serins64029672ser_in_s
servants1137992servants
services1338572services
settings93810072settings
sewings11369172se_wings
shavings15356332shavings
shelvings16283822shelvings
sorings83817252sor_ings
springs104415922spr_ings
steevings13284442steevings
sterlings10308752sterlings
strings84617132str_ings
surfings12268072surfings
swerving1546112swerving_

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059364.20328803.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.35940993.6
 
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