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

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

15 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
wearing11331886(None) 
bearing103624771bearing
earing75235481_earing
fearing113520031fearing
gearing92818841gearing
hearing113324161hearing
nearing83020331nearing
rearing83128781rearing
searing83330921searing
swearing123711441swearing
tearing84021491tearing
waring105029441w_aring
weaning114117191weaning
wearying1546691wearying
weaving143211621weaving

Search took 2 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 Filter178691695830.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit69583151.37350679.5
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691151.483120492.9