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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 “bending” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

134 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
bending11442089(None) 
banding114921411banding
beading113221861beading
bedding124114481bedding
binding113819381binding
blending12249961blending
bonding113318431bonding
ending83220251_ending
fending123717601fending
lending94118531lending
mending114018681mending
pending114119771pending
rending93924261rending
sending94221371sending
tending94419161tending
vending124015261vending
wending123816841wending
amending12308912amending
balding114015062balding
bandying15218072bandying
banging114019862banging
baning95127832ban_ing
banking144621352banking
banning103818232banning
barding113822892barding
beadings123711782beadings
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearding124011942bearding
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
becking164416072becking
beddings13407922beddings
beefing133911472beefing
beeping124013912beeping
begging123012652begging
being84920502be__ing
belling103825072belling
belting104119132belting
belying133612442belying
benaming1339692benaming
benching163411342benching
bendaying1634952bendaying
bendier103111412bendier
benign938312ben_ign
benzin1738932benzin_
benzine1839342benzine
benzins1838692benzins
berming123614832berming
besting104923922besting
betiding1239912betiding
betting103921402betting
bidding123613512bidding
biding104720792b_iding
bielding12237472bielding
bindings123810472bindings
binging113619382binging
binning103615452binning
birding114014922birding
blading113615362blading
bleeding12359052bleeding
blinding123210162blinding
boding104320062b_oding
bondings12369412bondings
bonging113316372bonging
boning94223302bon_ing
bonking144116372bonking
bounding123012132bounding
branding122513682branding
breading123515462breading
breeding123411842breeding
budding123712402budding
bundling12219702bundling
bunging113616502bunging
bunking144016192bunking
bunting103718832bunting
ceding104014812ce_ding
censing104215272censing
deeding103315122deeding
denning93515172denning
denting94422182denting
denuding1137112denuding
denying123711292denying
emending12298892emending
endings92910442_endings
enduing9249722_enduing
feeding123515072feeding
fencing132411132fencing
feuding123410262feuding
finding124116542finding
fonding123815422fonding
funding124113662funding
gelding103911792gelding
handing123518892handing
heading122919112heading
heeding123515062heeding
henting113719652henting
herding122915122herding
kenning124010542kenning
landing92819322landing
leading93419552leading
lensing84015102lensing
melding113414272melding
mendings12338302mendings
mensing103915102mensing
minding113317892minding
needing93214422needing
penning103616492penning
ponding114317082ponding
reading93327212reading
redding103218512redding
reding83825562re_ding
reeding94124132reeding
renting84026852renting
sanding93520602sanding
scending122610582scending
seeding93719482seeding
sensing84116952sensing
shending132511252shending
spending122712432spending
tedding103210882tedding
tensing84616652tensing
tenting84621152tenting
trending103012832trending
unbending1337462unbending
unending10239942unending
upending12258132upending
venging123710942venging
venting114218092venting
wedding133411872wedding
weeding123815212weeding
welding123213252welding
winding123517912winding
yenning11369492yenning

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711343.47031029.1
3Display Results1341340.0433116.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911343.88945947.8
 
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