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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 “dwelling” 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.

47 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
dwelling1336841(None) 
dowelling1466251dowelling
duelling103410731duelling
dwellings14244211dwellings
swelling123212751swelling
welling112920311_welling
belling103825072_belling
bowelling1566492bowelling
celling103921262_celling
dealing94323232d_ealing
deleing93313952d_eleing
delving123711572d_elving
dialling10310782dialling
dolling93817372d_olling
doweling13279762dowe_ling
drilling103311982drilling
drolling103510762drolling
dueling93614542due_ling
dulling93418272d_ulling
felling113321132_felling
fuelling123410152fuelling
gelling93219762_gelling
helling114623222_helling
indwelling1543762indwelling
jelling153516612_jelling
jewelling2034832jewelling
knelling13319022knelling
kvelling16146512kvelling
melling102822632_melling
quelling18259792quelling
rowelling1366992rowelling
selling83225832_selling
shelling123515212shelling
smelling113712732smelling
snelling93913562snelling
spelling113315232spelling
swellings13296102swellings
swilling123511932swilling
telling83321092_telling
towelling1366252towelling
twilling12268672twilling
upwelling1535232upwelling
walling113520972_walling
welding123213252_welding
welting113615312_welting
willing113821612_willing
yelling113516702_yelling

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059473.28036908.2
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.68948438.9
 
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