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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 “coalescing” 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.

28 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
coalescing154516(None) 
coalescent1496652coalescent
convalescing2052012convalescing
opalescing1542522opalescing
uncoalescing1751482uncoalescing
cadencing1544963c_adencing
calescent13118223c_alescent
caressing1238803c_aressing
coalesce1245423coalesc__e
coalesced1444553coalesc_ed
coalescence1455093coalescence
coalesces1346043coalesc_es
coalifying1945033coalifying
coaling103722823coal___ing
coarsening1345543coarsening
coasting113615513coa__sting
coattesting1443453coattesting
coercing1349003co__ercing
coleading1338523co_leading
collecting1548283collecting
colleting12311063colle_ting
commencing1946183commencing
commercing1955973commercing
confessing1647183confessing
congesting14410113congesting
contesting13312213contesting
evanescing1652343evanescing
molesting1237753mo_lesting

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603285.72024580.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.13929107.5
 
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