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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpatenting” 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.

13 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
patenting124895(None) 
parenting12611581parenting
agenting1039382_agenting
catenating1348682catenating
lamenting1237702lamenting
latening9711492laten_ing
painting113614422pa_inting
panting104025422pa__nting
parentings1355632parentings
patinating1339882patinating
patining11312302patin_ing
patting103722342pat__ting
tenting84621152__tenting

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121436135.14323611.9
3Display Results13130.0131000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691135.55932144.5