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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 “charging” 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.

59 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
charging15291077(None) 
changing153211511changing
charing133721321char_ing
charking183512611charking
charming163012031charming
charring142913161charring
charting142614191charting
barging114018482_barging
cadging123610972c_adging
caging105321022c_a_ging
carding113922442c_arding
caring95137992c_ar_ing
carking144322852c_arking
carling103727062c_arling
carping123521082c_arping
carting104228282c_arting
carving133916772c_arving
chaffing2036322chaffing
chafing163911492cha_fing
chagrin1337892chagrin_
chagrins1437072chagrins
chaining142810782chaining
chairing143110772chairing
chalking183310062chalking
champing183610932champing
chancing162810282chancing
chanting143413532chanting
chapping183710722chapping
chasing133715892cha_sing
chatting142810142chatting
chawing164813032cha_wing
chirking18339382chirking
chirming16318642chirming
chirping16278862chirping
chirring142610172chirring
chording15410152chording
choring133617662chor_ing
chugging1634912chugging
churning14237172churning
churring14298652churring
clagging13328882clagging
clanging124012122clanging
hagging133114682_hagging
hanging123518702_hanging
haring104233002_har_ing
harking154120942_harking
harming133717932_harming
harping134118382_harping
parging113318602_parging
pharming16248142pharming
recharging1745292recharging
shagging14349052shagging
sharing113723242shar_ing
sharking163912972sharking
sharping143011372sharping
sparging122611132sparging
uncharging1744392uncharging
whanging16267142whanging
wharfing1834682wharfing

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059593.67032986.1
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691594.07943807.6
 
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