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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 “plumbing” 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.

32 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
plumbing1528643(None) 
plumbings16213361plumbings
pluming123412041plum_ing
plumping15277631plumping
blubbing12257012blubbing
bluming123511282blum_ing
blurbing13326502blurbing
climbing15205982climbing
clubbing15266512clubbing
clumping15319882clumping
crumbing15267812crumbing
dumbing13319852_dumbing
flubbing16275882flubbing
fluming133512792flum_ing
flumping16287582flumping
lambing123412412_lambing
limbing123410422_limbing
lubing94114042_lu_bing
lumping123314642_lumping
numbing12269032_numbing
plucking17357722plucking
plugging13306892plugging
plumbic1543962plumbi_c
plumbism1643812plumbism
plunging12357672plunging
plunking15328482plunking
pumping144213552p_umping
replumbing1742432replumbing
slubbing13248032slubbing
slumming13278382slumming
slumping13359972slumping
thumbing16245512thumbing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059323.81331749.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.23542193.9
 
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