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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 “sifting” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

106 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
sifting11301459(None) 
gifting123810891gifting
lifting113313271lifting
rifting113515001rifting
shifting152910381shifting
siftings12236581siftings
silting83320481silting
siting74126621si_ting
sitting83519631sitting
airting83616302airting
biffing163510012biffing
biting95321822bi_ting
bitting103717292bitting
citing94220182ci_ting
dieting93616832dieting
dinting93520552dinting
drifting13338732drifting
fifing134212342fif_ing
fisting113818122fisting
fitting113516562fitting
girting93113332girting
gitting93215702gitting
grifting13299262grifting
hafting144014172hafting
hefting144510912hefting
hilting113316892hilting
hinting113919222hinting
histing113720372histing
hitting113017272hitting
jilting153211742jilting
kilting123213852kilting
kiting114117092ki_ting
kitting123214442kitting
lilting83515382lilting
linting83820982linting
listing84020592listing
lofting113311312lofting
miffing16298402miffing
milting103619122milting
minting103020812minting
misting103623382misting
pitting103618872pitting
rafting113815752rafting
resifting133512092resifting
riffing144011272riffing
rifling112815012rifling
rioting82716392rioting
sainting93215732sainting
salting84120792salting
sating74735452s_ating
seating84130682seating
setting83621392setting
shafting15278682shafting
shirting123213612shirting
shitting123212662shitting
shuting113212052shuting
sibling10814422sibling
siccing12319512siccing
sicking143720172sicking
siding83822132si_ding
sidling9915422sidling
sieging92613202sieging
sieving112311232sieving
sighing123311662sighing
sighting133110862sighting
signing92713962signing
silking123715592silking
siloing83215502siloing
singing93221422singing
sinking123320542sinking
sinning83918442sinning
siping94220632si_ping
sipping123117432sipping
siring75128312si_ring
sittings9339732sittings
sizing163616442si_zing
skating123613852skating
skirting13289392skirting
skiting123812502skiting
slating83724652slating
slitting93012582slitting
smiting103014442smiting
sniffing15227452sniffing
sooting82820962sooting
sorting83221812sorting
spiffing17237082spiffing
spirting112913632spirting
spiting103917622spiting
spitting113012322spitting
stating83725162stating
stiffing15248702stiffing
stifling122110912stifling
stilting93312402stilting
sting65330242s__ting
stinting93415742stinting
suiting83419002suiting
tiffing14339382tiffing
tilting83417102tilting
tinting84620602tinting
tufting11289872tufting
wafting143911662wafting
wifing133513392wif_ing
wilting113515912wilting
wisting113519742wisting
witing103522822wi_ting
witting113417062witting

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1076711063.28332796.5
3Display Results1061060.0303533.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911063.71948048.1
 
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