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

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

31 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
abolishing164423(None) 
polishing1536922_polishing
abashing1466623ab__ashing
abolish12311503abolish___
abolished1544273abolish_ed
abolisher1443723abolish_er
abolishers1543183abolishers
abolishes1446053abolish_es
abolishment18104243abolishment
abscising1444943abscis_ing
admonishing1852743admonishing
agonising1146573agonis_ing
anguishing1543733anguishing
astonishing1553363astonishing
atomising1247993atomis_ing
azotising1945293azotis_ing
banishing1537143_banishing
blissing1136873_b_lissing
blushing14339333_b_lushing
demolishing1843883demolishing
depolishing1843503depolishing
ebonising1245933ebonis_ing
englishing1543873englishing
idolising1145893idolis_ing
monishing1547543_monishing
obelising1256323obelis_ing
publishing1844003publishing
relishing13229183_relishing
repolishing1744583repolishing
stablishing1753543stab_lishing
stonishing1444913stonishing

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.826216332.9
2DLD Change Limit140603317.19019555.4
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691318.02922255.7
 
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