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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 “belling” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

154 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
belling10382507(None) 
balling104424761balling
bellings113811151bellings
bellying14359071bellying
belting104119131belting
belying133612441belying
billing103823851billing
bolling103820881bolling
bulling104324791bulling
celling103921261celling
felling113321131felling
gelling93219761gelling
helling114623221helling
jelling153516611jelling
melling102822631melling
selling83225831selling
telling83321091telling
welling112920311welling
yelling113516701yelling
bailing103723522bailing
balding114015062balding
baling94829692b_aling
balking143717352balking
bawling133813862bawling
beading113221862beading
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
becking164416072becking
bedding124114482bedding
beefing133911472beefing
beeline93314722beeline
beeping124013912beeping
beetling1139282beetling
befalling15226502befalling
begalling13216492begalling
begging123012652begging
being84920502be__ing
belaying143110602belaying
belching16349152belching
bellied104314072bellied
bellies94023722bellies
bellowing1547192bellowing
belong93411042be_long
beltings11369252beltings
beltline1036942beltline
bending114420892bending
berlin83116372berlin_
berline93716852berline
berlins93216012berlins
berming123614832berming
besting104923922besting
betting103921402betting
beveling143011032beveling
bevelling15227452bevelling
bielding12237472bielding
bilging114212682bilging
bilking144413552bilking
billings113412632billings
birling104317052birling
bluing94914482b_luing
boiling103819672boiling
bolting104416762bolting
bowelling1566492bowelling
bowling133916492bowling
bugling113615342bugling
bulging113514212bulging
bulking143815122bulking
bullring11388422bullring
bullying14329292bullying
burling104421132burling
butling103516812butling
byrling13337372byrling
calling103826772calling
ceiling103416722ceiling
culling103921302culling
dealing94323232dealing
deleing93313952deleing
delving123711572delving
dolling93817372dolling
duelling103410732duelling
dulling93418272dulling
dwelling13368412dwelling
falling113621582falling
feeling113617072feeling
felting113515212felting
filling113520802filling
fuelling123410152fuelling
fulling114019702fulling
galling93921962galling
gelding103911792gelding
gilling93520382gilling
gulling94019562gulling
healing113922962healing
heeling113618512heeling
heiling113616362heiling
helloing12159122helloing
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
helving144011132helving
hilling113821772hilling
hulling113619012hulling
jellying19306172jellying
keeling123515122keeling
kegling13309362kegling
kelping14319192kelping
killing123118722killing
knelling13319022knelling
kvelling16146512kvelling
labelling1238102labelling
lalling83519632lalling
libelling1236882libelling
lolling83415782lolling
lulling83616802lulling
malling103623662malling
melding113414272melding
melting103317752melting
mewling13329512mewling
milling103223682milling
mulling103819992mulling
nilling83619562nilling
nulling83818062nulling
palling104024492palling
pealing104123202pealing
peeling102919872peeling
pelting102917272pelting
pilling103722562pilling
polling102920382polling
pulling103821072pulling
quelling18259792quelling
rebelling122111162rebelling
reeling83126862reeling
relying112914612relying
rilling84023622rilling
rolling83620412rolling
sealing83528562sealing
seeling83522002seeling
selfing112911622selfing
shelling123515212shelling
smelling113712732smelling
snelling93913562snelling
spelling113315232spelling
swelling123212752swelling
tilling83522782tilling
tolling83418562tolling
vealing114217422vealing
veiling113615292veiling
walling113520972walling
welding123213252welding
welting113615312welting
willing113821612willing
yealing112716382yealing
yelping13317872yelping

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit1076711543.18633795.0
3Display Results1541540.0632444.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911543.64249064.0
 
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