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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 “deviling” 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.

48 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
deviling131181285(None) 
defiling132812461defiling
develing133212731develing
devilling1436701devilling
devising133111521devising
reviling122917211reviling
anviling1239742anviling
bedeviling1743482bedeviling
beveling143011032beveling
caviling14310112caviling
ceiling103416722ce_iling
deairing10311892deairing
dealing94323232de_aling
debiting122511202debiting
deciding132210832deciding
defining133711802defining
deicing11312192de_icing
deliming12310372deliming
demising122012522demising
derailing112011312derailing
deriding112512932deriding
deriving132510742deriving
desiring10312142desiring
detailing112510412detailing
devaluing1434832devaluing
deveining1436392deveining
deviating14311082deviating
devilish1546372devilish
devilkin1642952devilkin_
devilkins1742802devilkins
devoicing16145222devoicing
devolving1733982devolving
devoting1338822devoting
dividing1437182dividing
divining1338412divining
eviting11511372_eviting
exiling15311082_exiling
heiling113616362he_iling
leveling122910432leveling
periling11316862periling
refiling123116532refiling
reoiling93217212reoiling
resiling93520172resiling
retiling93319482retiling
reveling123117082reveling
revising122714402revising
reviving152910502reviving
veiling113615292ve_iling

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059483.53034294.3
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.96945021.7
 
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