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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 “showring” 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.

48 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
showring154832(None) 
shoring112820071sho_ring
showering1646401showering
showing143814661show_ing
showrings1644061showrings
choiring14279792choiring
choring133617662cho_ring
chowing164412772chow_ing
chowsing17217342chowsing
howking183610312_howking
howling143413162_howling
scoring103117212sco_ring
scouring112810852scouring
scowing133812092scow_ing
scowling1458292scowling
sharing113723242sh_aring
shawing143514882shaw_ing
shawling1558222shawling
shearing123915902shearing
sheering123715102sheering
shewing143812192shew_ing
shirring122910442shirring
shoaling123111752shoaling
shocking184311542shocking
shoeing113211882sho_eing
shogging14308022shogging
shooing112112912sho_oing
shooling123012562shooling
shooting122812862shooting
shopping163611292shopping
shorings12269482sho_rings
shorting122514802shorting
shotting123012382shotting
shouting122711792shouting
shoving142910642sho_ving
showings15246882show_ings
slowing112814742slow_ing
snoring83917202sno_ring
snowing113913452snow_ing
soaring83521892s_oaring
soring74731882s_o_ring
souring83219062s_ouring
sowing104222912s_ow_ing
spooring113111462spooring
sporing104319412spo_ring
storing83921122sto_ring
stowing113315132stow_ing
whoring142910292who_ring

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059483.34336212.7
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.73247880.8
 
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