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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 “chequering” 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.

30 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
chequering254312(None) 
checkering2244402checkering
cheering143612702che__ering
conquering2246272conquering
centering122915143c_entering
chaffering22104643chaffering
chambering20116043chambering
chamfering21125333chamfering
chaptering18107963chaptering
chartering16109253chartering
chattering16108643chattering
cheapening1883803cheapening
cheeking18349083che__eking
cheeping16329553che__eping
cheesing14349413che__esing
chequer2135153chequer___
chequered2442613chequer_ed
chequers2234103chequer__s
chippering2045163chippering
chittering16107183chittering
choppering2064813choppering
chowdering2044163chowdering
chuntering1647803chuntering
churring14298653ch__urring
coequating2245323coequating
croqueting2243173croqueting
lacquering2243603lacquering
requiring1937043_requiring
sheering123715103she__ering
sheltering1446493sheltering

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603305.37326168.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.79530835.4
 
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