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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 “housecleaning” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

38 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
housecleaning196102(None) 
housecleanings207731housecleanings
housebreaking2361773housebreaking
houseclean1562483houseclea__n_
housecleaned1861403houseclean_ed
housecleans1662123houseclea__ns
housebreakings2471344housebreakings
housekeeping2261804house_keeping
houseling1337484house_l___ing
houselling1445754house_l__ling
overcleaning1844934_overcleaning
precleaning1644264__precleaning
recleaning1336754___recleaning
cleaning113112385_____cleaning
consecrating1747945consec_rating
enucleating1444555enu__cleating
homesteading1962275ho_mesteading
housekeepings2361395house_keepings
houseplant1553935housepl_a__nt
houseplants1653115housepl_an_ts
housesitting1651875house_sitting
housewarming2151655house_warming
nondecreasing1762095nondecreasing
nucleating1346945_nu__cleating
obsecrating1644135_obsec_rating
outbleating1444885_ou_tbleating
outcheating1744875_ou_tcheating
outgleaming1542535_ou_tgleaming
outleading1237135_ou__tleading
outleaping1346205_ou__tleaping
outlearning1243545_ou__tlearning
outscreaming1752195_outscreaming
overclearing1845155_overclearing
overleaping1747445_o_verleaping
overlearning1644715_o_verlearning
postweaning1752875po_s_tweaning
preclearing1645105__preclearing
secerning1246205___sec_erning

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790388.34314957.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.74920424.2
 
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