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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 “chowsing” 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.

37 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
chowsing1721734(None) 
choosing142010131choosing
chousing14259421chousing
chowing164412771chow_ing
bowsing134012502_bowsing
browsing14319352browsing
chasing133715892ch_asing
chawing164813032chaw_ing
cheesing14349422cheesing
chewing163911152chew_ing
chocking204011012chocking
choiring14279792choiring
choking173911942cho_king
chomping18339882chomping
chopping183710262chopping
chording15410152chording
choring133617662cho_ring
chorusing15246112chorusing
closing103114842clo_sing
clowning14307262clowning
cohousing1535282cohousing
cowing124526332c_ow_ing
cowling134017432c_owling
crossing112612692crossing
crowding15247932crowding
crowing133814762crow_ing
crowning143510042crowning
dowsing123411122_dowsing
drowsing13287772drowsing
hoising113414412_hoising
horsing113215582_horsing
hosing103421102_ho_sing
housing113316522_housing
howking183610312_howking
howling143413162_howling
showing143814662show_ing
showring1548322showring

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059376.22019462.9
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691376.65626846.6
 
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