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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 “appetizing” 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.

34 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
appetizing244540(None) 
appetising1544511appetising
appetizingly2981242appetizingly
apprizing2347192app_rizing
peptizing2347112_peptizing
poetizing2148682_poetizing
unappetizing2651742unappetizing
advertizing25144303advertizing
agatizing2087473a_gatizing
agenizing2046333a_genizing
amortizing2246403amortizing
aphorizing2546473aphorizing
appealing1446493appe_aling
appearing1436893appe_aring
appeasing1446343appe_asing
appending1536283appe_nding
appertaining1752513appertaining
appetitive1753753appetitive
appetizer2244433appetiz_er
appetizers2343023appetizers
appraising1545763appraising
apprenticing1962303apprenticing
apprising1447963app_rising
azotizing1846013a_zotizing
baptizing2345843bap_tizing
deputizing2344803deputizing
expertizing3044623expertizing
hepatizing2546823hepatizing
magnetizing2454403magnetizing
monetizing2247303monetizing
palletizing2344913palletizing
pauperizing2544503pauperizing
pectizing2348013_pectizing
poetising1238713_poetising

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603346.15622840.0
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.57827164.9
 
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