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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 “squirrelling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

30 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
squirrelling225134(None) 
squirreling21141741squirre_ling
quarrelling2143402_quarrelling
quarreling2043663_quarre_ling
squirrelled2151143squirrell_ed
squirrelly22261903squirrell__y
barrelling1345454__barrelling
ferrelling1445064__ferrelling
hirselling1444834__hirselling
laurelling1144464lau__relling
quelling18259794_qu___elling
quilling182510004_qui___lling
shrivelling1842214shri_velling
snivelling1444294s_ni_velling
spiralling1343964s_pi_ralling
spurgalling1551724spu_rgalling
squalling1935174squ___alling
squealing1935154squ___ealing
squiggling2241884squi__ggling
squilgeeing225984squilge_eing
squiring18177564squi_r___ing
squirming2143224squi_r__ming
squirrel17414534squirre_l___
squirreled2051514squirre_l_ed
squirrels18333424squirre_l__s
squirrely21283334squirre_l__y
squirting1934794squi_r__ting
superselling1554494superselling
surveilling1542814s_u_rveilling
swivelling1743414s_wi_velling

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790306.71618581.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.12525079.4
 
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