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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 “skirting” 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.

59 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
skirting1328939(None) 
shirting123213611shirting
skirling13249061skirling
skirring13297141skirring
skirtings14274561skirtings
skiting123812501ski_ting
spirting112913631spirting
airting83616302_airting
flirting12319012flirting
girting93113332_girting
karting123716062_karting
kilting123213852_kilting
kirning12319332_kirning
kiting114117092_ki_ting
kitting123214442_kitting
quirting18238382quirting
sainting93215732sainting
scarting113415262scarting
shifting152910382shifting
shirking163210472shirking
shirring122910442shirring
shirtings13276602shirtings
shitting123212662shitting
shorting122514802shorting
sifting113014592s_ifting
silting83320482s_ilting
siring75128312s_ir_ing
siting74126622s_i_ting
sitting83519632s_itting
skating123613852sk_ating
skidding1535462skidding
skiing113610192ski__ing
skilling132911332skilling
skimming17286272skimming
skimping17306242skimping
skinking12299772skinking
skinning13327892skinning
skioring13237222skioring
skipping17297602skipping
skiving15298372ski_ving
slitting93012582slitting
smarting113212452smarting
smirking15277232smirking
smiting103014442smi_ting
snorting92613372snorting
sorting83221812s_orting
spiring103918182spir_ing
spiriting1238412spiriting
spiting103917622spi_ting
spitting113012322spitting
sporting112415462sporting
spurting113111632spurting
squirting1934792squirting
starting93116172starting
stilting93312402stilting
stinting93415742stinting
stirring9299652stirring
suiting83419002sui_ting
swirling12249142swirling

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059593.65633112.4
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691593.81246875.9
 
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