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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 “flyspecking” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
flyspecking26593(None) 
flecking18408233fl___ecking
flyspeck2241263flyspeck___
flyspecked255903flyspeck_ed
flyspecks2351113flyspeck__s
specking17359733___specking
bespeaking1944394_bespeaking
flacking184311794fl___acking
fleeching18305014fl__eeching
fleecing14347574fl__eec_ing
flicking184110044fl___icking
flocking183410874fl___ocking
flustering14105934fluste_ring
forespeaking2252154forespeaking
fossicking2042454f_ossicking
henpecking2242304_henpecking
inspecting1546224_inspecting
misspeaking2043714misspeaking
nonspeaking1853194nonspeaking
outspeaking1844174outspeaking
pecking164017784____pecking
physicking25102434phys_icking
prospecting1845854prospecting
respeaking1736804_respeaking
respecting1549884_respecting
speaking153212494___speaking
speccing15306644___speccing
speckling18235584___speckling
suspecting1565704_suspecting
unspeaking1744424_unspeaking

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819309.28316031.3
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691309.73218361.2
 
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