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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsheathing” 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.

21 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
sheathing163687(None) 
sheathings1743911sheathings
breathing15218372breathing
cheating144014522cheat_ing
ensheathing18102562ensheathing
heating114024322_heat_ing
insheathing18102692insheathing
scathing14269702s_cathing
seating84130682s_eat_ing
seething1239022s_eething
sheafing15329482shea_fing
shealing123415462shea_ling
shearing123915902shea_ring
shearling1336922shearling
sheaving154110252shea_ving
sheeting122712832sheet_ing
sleuthing1334202sleuthing
swathing15248712s_wathing
sweating123213022sweat_ing
unsheathing1892982unsheathing
wreathing16266312wreathing

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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436213.76332271.1
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691214.17242831.0