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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 “dancing” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

103 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
dancing11361156(None) 
danging103716091danging
lancing103314121lancing
acing87429152_a_cing
advancing1643062advancing
anting75827022_anting
arcing95819642_arcing
banding114921412banding
banging114019862banging
baning95127832ban_ing
banking144621352banking
banning103818232banning
caning94128622can_ing
canning103620132canning
canting104725902canting
chancing162810282chancing
dabbing133511232dabbing
dadoing1038522dadoing
daffing15369732daffing
damming133812742damming
damning114211632damning
damping133414002damping
dandling112511732dandling
dangling112611232dangling
dapping133714792dapping
daring84928682da_ring
darking134217342darking
darling93418362darling
darning93817332darning
darting94020662darting
dashing125917892dashing
dating85326482da_ting
daubing11358622daubing
daunting103310402daunting
dauting93814762dauting
dawing114819822da_wing
dawning124111012dawning
dawting123610672dawting
dazing175516512da_zing
deaning94020472dean_ing
deicing11312192deicing
denning93515172denning
denting94422182denting
denying123711292denying
deucing1139392deucing
dicing105718762d_icing
dinging103618612dinging
dining84525132din_ing
dinking133618282dinking
dinning93416552dinning
dinting93520552dinting
discing113914592discing
donning93512762donning
dunging103012622dunging
dunking133813262dunking
dunning93514472dunning
dunting93418382dunting
eanling81416672eanling
facing125321572fa_cing
fancying1735352fancying
fanning113615072fanning
farcing133514002farcing
fencing132411132fencing
ganging103216192ganging
glancing1247062glancing
handing123518892handing
hanging123518702hanging
hanking154619102hanking
hanting114124482hanting
jauncing18314782jauncing
lacing94626232la_cing
landing92819322landing
macing114221552ma_cing
manning103616382manning
mincing123314332mincing
pacing114522752pa_cing
panging113319112panging
panning104019392panning
panting104025422panting
poncing122913582poncing
prancing132612162prancing
racing95030532ra_cing
ranching141712042ranching
ranging94120262ranging
ranking124320882ranking
ranting84025412ranting
sanding93520602sanding
saning75127642san_ing
saucing10311002saucing
syncing13177222syncing
talcing103111632talcing
tanging93419532tanging
tanking123918792tanking
tanning83618252tanning
trancing112812022trancing
vanning113912462vanning
waning103623802wan_ing
wanking154216782wanking
wanning113816212wanning
wanting114220172wanting
wincing133413902wincing
yanking154512462yanking
zincing192910282zincing

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit1076711033.39031761.4
3Display Results1031030.0333121.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911033.79647073.5
 
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