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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 “irritatingly” 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.

28 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
irritatingly165202(None) 
irritating1146292irritating__
hesitatingly1952323hesitatingly
irrigating1245953irrigating__
arrestingly1552974arr_estingly
befittingly2051994befit_tingly
driftingly1843674_dri_ftingly
fittingly1645274__fit_tingly
frustratingly2081414frustratingly
gratingly1437404_gr__atingly
imitating1238764i_mitating__
imitatively1954254i_mitatively
infuriatingly2062084infuri_atingly
ingratiatingly1961464ingratiatingly
insinuatingly1761794insinuatingly
invitingly1744534invi__tingly
irrelatively1853904irrelatively
irritability1747484irritability
irritably1446034irrita___bly
irritancy1453414irrita__n_cy
irritation1048974irritati__on
irritations1147834irritati_ons
irritative1345204irritati__ve
irrotational1254024irrotational_
pratingly1538374_pr__atingly
rivetingly1743554__rivetingly
unwittingly1852784unwit_tingly
wittingly1644804__wit_tingly

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 Limit124790287.67316263.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.07922118.0
 
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