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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 “pawning” 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.

97 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
pawning13471141(None) 
awning105013391_awning
dawning124111011dawning
fawning14409131fawning
paining103920241paining
panning104019391panning
pawing124519551paw_ing
prawning1446961prawning
spawning14296911spawning
yawning14378341yawning
aweing103911252_aweing
awing96827322_aw_ing
awnings11406712_awnings
baning95127832ba_ning
banning103818232banning
barning104320352barning
bawling133813862bawling
caning94128622ca_ning
canning103620132canning
cawing124322612caw_ing
damning114211632damning
darning93817332darning
dawing114819822daw_ing
dawting123610672dawting
downing123811672downing
earning83418212earning
fanning113615072fanning
gaining94015662gaining
gawking16398822gawking
gawping14418462gawping
gowning12258832gowning
hawing134322352haw_ing
hawking183711422hawking
impawning1743422impawning
jawing174414962jaw_ing
lawing104625282law_ing
manning103616382manning
mawing124020802maw_ing
owning104110332_owning
pacing114522752pa_cing
packing164420722packing
padding123412512padding
paging104020402pa_ging
paiking143814812paiking
painting113614422painting
pairing103716732pairing
paling93530132pa_ling
palling104024482palling
palming123914012palming
palping124112872palping
panging113319112panging
panini8314272pa_nini
panino8315682pa_nino
panting104025422panting
parging113318602parging
paring94236492pa_ring
parking143423042parking
parling103823762parling
parring103222062parring
parsing103819552parsing
parting103527382parting
pashing135120512pashing
passing104318422passing
pasting103826552pasting
patining11312302patining
patting103722342patting
pausing103912812pausing
paving124519742pa_ving
paying123722162pa_ying
peening103318302peening
peining104619152peining
penning103616492penning
phoning13312052phoning
pining93726532p_ining
pinning103417852pinning
plaining113911552plaining
planing103418252planing
planning113610222planning
pruning10311732pruning
punning103414992punning
raining83922692raining
saining83621392saining
saning75127642sa_ning
sawing104323812saw_ing
spanning113311082spanning
tanning83618252tanning
tawing104521552taw_ing
tawsing1138672tawsing
vanning113912462vanning
waning103623802wa_ning
wanning113816212wanning
warning113717092warning
wawling143810962wawling
yarning113512952yarning
yawing134215612yaw_ing
yawling14369182yawling
yawping16357332yawping

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671972.98636058.6
3Display Results97970.0303233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691973.38952726.8
 
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