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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 “affirming” 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.

45 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
affirming184310(None) 
affirmant1753812affirmant
affixing2264332affi_xing
affording1744022affording
firming132811222__firming
infirming1545162infirming
reaffirming2051922reaffirming
admiring1236133admir_ing
affecting1845233affecting
affiancing1941843affiancing
affirm1435523affirm___
affirmance2052773affirmance
affirmants1852763affirmants
affirmed1743213affirm_ed
affirmer1643083affirm_er
affirmers1742563affirmers
affirms1534383affirm__s
affixment2443883affixment
afflicting1943483afflicting
affraying1943103affraying
aiming94320843a__i_ming
airing74927503a__ir_ing
airting83616303a__irting
alarming1138583a_larming
arming94719803a___rming
aspiring1138873aspir_ing
attiring939483attir_ing
ausforming1642503ausforming
chirming16318643_chirming
confirming1845903confirming
deforming1636703deforming
disaffirming2252073disaffirming
fairing113614013_fair_ing
farming133515083__farming
filming133210353__filming
firing104021723__fir_ing
flirting12319013_flirting
forming133615733__forming
informing1537023informing
mafficking2542643mafficking
offering1536393offer_ing
refilming15256463refilming
refiring123513923refir_ing
reforming1538563reforming
squirming2143223squirming

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641456.97021325.8
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.40624127.9
 
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