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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 “wishing” 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.

100 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
wishing14411489(None) 
dishing124017101dishing
fishing143913861fishing
pishing134314371pishing
swishing15277811swishing
washing145119281washing
whishing18287181whishing
wising103318221wis_ing
wisping133711941wisping
wissing113212941wissing
wisting113519741wisting
withing143814491withing
ashing107824092_ashing
bashing135422582bashing
bushing134018582bushing
cashing135022552cashing
coshing134316432coshing
dashing125917892dashing
discing113914592discing
disking134615492disking
dissing94517682dissing
fashing144918792fashing
fishings15307692fishings
fisting113818122fisting
gashing125119232gashing
gushing124014222gushing
hashing145020162hashing
hissing114213142hissing
histing113720372histing
hushing144514472hushing
isling71213882_isling
joshing18519412joshing
kissing122911052kissing
kithing153411552kithing
lashing114422892lashing
lisping103412752lisping
listing84020592listing
lushing114316112lushing
mashing134422242mashing
meshing134513812meshing
miching152911802miching
missing103619072missing
misting103623382misting
moshing134214882moshing
mushing134217632mushing
niching133612432niching
nighing123410062nighing
noshing114612772noshing
pashing135120512pashing
pissing103914802pissing
pithing134014052pithing
pushing133615452pushing
rising74025882ris_ing
risking123914242risking
rushing113817702rushing
sashing114621472sashing
sighing123311662sighing
swashing15369742swashing
tithing113513892tithing
tushing114214012tushing
twisting12427812twisting
unwishing1635592unwishing
visaing11279332visaing
viseing11299162viseing
vising103915872vis_ing
waisting123615212waisting
washings15419272washings
wasting114422842wasting
weighing1635282weighing
welshing15296522welshing
westing115020272westing
whishting1983562whishting
whisking19286612whisking
whisting15329542whisting
wicking173414772wicking
wifing133513392wi_fing
wigging133413832wigging
wilding123814292wilding
wiling103024292wi_ling
willing113821612willing
wilting113515912wilting
wimping153911012wimping
winching17359902winching
wincing133413902wincing
winding123517912winding
winging123718712winging
wining103625052wi_ning
winking153317962winking
winning113516552winning
wiping123916712wi_ping
wiring104521022wi_ring
witching173410632witching
within123611382within_
withins133511692withins
witing103522822wi_ting
witling113215812witling
witting113417062witting
wiving133316602wi_ving
wooshing1536682wooshing
writhing15278672writhing

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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit1076711006.73315991.5
3Display Results1001000.0631587.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911007.54623680.2
 
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