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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsewing” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

18 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
sewing10381962(None) 
dewing114115701dewing
hewing134514241hewing
jewing174411421jewing
mewing123914201mewing
sawing104323811sawing
seeing74222141seeing
sering74731811sering
sewings11369171sewings
sexing144313891sexing
shewing143812191shewing
skewing15318721skewing
slewing113311351slewing
sowing104222911sowing
spewing133110451spewing
stewing113412491stewing
swing96124841s_wing
tewing103914821tewing

Search took 3 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 Filter178691487550.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit48755182.17022467.7
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691182.37275333.5