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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 “arching” 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.

63 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
arching13621669(None) 
aching126521971a_ching
archine125817051archine
archings14499861archings
arcing95819641arc_ing
arcking145811961arcking
marching164312191marching
parching164313051parching
aahing1019015762a_ahing
acing87429152a_c_ing
acting95920982a_cting
ahing98928352a__hing
airthing12297952airthing
arcading1239762arcading
archil11611572archi_l
archils12510532archils
archines133815252archines
archive154610482archive
archiving1844762archiving
archon11311752archon_
archons12311582archons
arcsine94512392arcsine
argling92812732argling
arguing9248732arguing
arising83619972arising
arming94719802ar_ming
arshin9312172arshin_
arshins10312572arshins
ashing107824092a_shing
baching156017752baching
batching163712092batching
birching16328462birching
caching156317502caching
catching163712772catching
earthing12310332earthing
eching126315562_eching
etching134511842etching
farcing133514002farc_ing
farthing1538072farthing
hatching173312212hatching
inarching1546342inarching
inching134414322inching
itching134011682itching
latching143712022latching
leching134613652leching
lurching14277332lurching
matching163512392matching
miching152911802miching
niching133612432niching
ouching134314902ouching
patching163212752patching
peching154513902peching
perching163711632perching
racing95030532rac_ing
racking144323662racking
ranching141712042ranching
ruching133612932ruching
searching1538342searching
starching1538592starching
torching142510082torching
urchin1138742urchin_
urchins1238862urchins
watching173011172watching

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671633.12334476.8
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691633.54950349.7
 
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