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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 “something” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

69 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
something154540(None) 
somethings1642991somethings
seething1239022s_eething
smoothing1535292smoothing
soothing12269972so_othing
southing122811822so_uthing
competing163712463compet_ing
compting153013603compt_ing
coveting141912313covet_ing
enmeshing15114873enmeshing
fomenting1537233fomenting
homering141512073home_ring
immeshing17103463immeshing
inmeshing1595333inmeshing
loathing1247673lo_athing
meshing134513813__meshing
meting94320593__met_ing
metring103215293__metring
mouthing142810243mo_uthing
naething1236073_naething
northing12199063no_rthing
nothing113511903no__thing
omening10310103_ome_ning
omitting11217743_omitting
oompahing1773173oompahing
safetying1643073safetying
scathing14269703s_cathing
scything17264883s_cything
setting83621393s__etting
sheathing1636873sheathing
sheeting122712833sheet_ing
sketching1935083s_ketching
sleeting93114163sleet_ing
sleuthing1334203sleuthing
smashing143310243s_mashing
smearing113511753s_mearing
smeeking15317833s_meeking
smelling113712733s_melling
smelting11339713s_melting
smerking15258473s_merking
smiting103014443s_mit_ing
smooching1734883smooching
smooshing1534793smooshing
smushing14287453s_mushing
smutching1734853s_mutching
smutting11278063s_mutting
sobering111912783sobe_ring
socketing1666383socket_ing
softening1365493softening
solating9315593solat_ing
sometime1246753somet_ime
somewhen1642283somewhen_
sonneting1037003sonnet_ing
sonnetting1144823sonnetting
sooting82820963so_ot_ing
sopiting11310763sopit_ing
sorting83221813so_rt_ing
soughing13259733so_ughing
southings13246233so_uthings
stetting93410713s_tetting
stomaching1844313stomaching
stretching1645813stretching
swathing15248713s_wathing
sweeting123911313sweet_ing
teething1237163_teething
toothing12278863to_othing
unmeshing1595933unmeshing
vomiting1437733vomit_ing
worthing15178053wo_rthing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641697.06321045.0
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691697.55923639.5
 
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