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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 “blooming” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

47 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
blooming1329943(None) 
blooding122410651blooding
blooping13248841blooping
booming123716221b_ooming
brooming132911141brooming
glooming12358011glooming
looming102814851_looming
becoming1538162becoming
beglooming1642952beglooming
blaming123515692bl_aming
bloating113512812bloating
blobbing12246922blobbing
blocking174510572blocking
blogging13369012blogging
bloodings13245272bloodings
bloodying1643782bloodying
bloomier1275782bloomier
blossoming1542382blossoming
blotting113910432blotting
blousing1138792blousing
blowing133813052bl_owing
bluming123511282bl_uming
boobing123613912b_oobing
booing94521642b_oo_ing
booking143618382b_ooking
booting103821362b_ooting
boozing194012162b_oozing
bosoming1336642bosoming
brooding122911372brooding
brooking153710702brooking
dooming113112532_dooming
flooding13238962flooding
flooring12259882flooring
gloaming12268012gloaming
glomming14275922glomming
gloomings13283972gloomings
grooming12309512grooming
loaming103613732_loaming
looing73621042_loo_ing
looking123415042_looking
looping103615282_looping
loosing83515962_loosing
looting83019642_looting
reblooming1543422reblooming
rooming104117042_rooming
vrooming14287352vrooming
zooming19269652_zooming

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059473.68632842.9
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691474.07543850.6
 
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