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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 “boosting” 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.

55 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
boosting11331105(None) 
boasting113512501boasting
booting103821361boo_ting
roosting93411461roosting
basting104227202b_asting
besting104923922b_esting
blasting114013432blasting
bloating113512812bloating
blotting113910432blotting
boating103721302b_oating
bolting104416762b_olting
boobing123613912boo_bing
boodling121910242boodling
boogying1535372boogying
booing94521642boo__ing
booking143618382boo_king
booming123716222boo_ming
boozing194012162boo_zing
borating113414502borating
bosoming1336642bosoming
bossing103714602b_ossing
bousing103718042bous_ing
bowsing134012502bows_ing
bowstring15165122bowstring
bursting1138702bursting
busting104221792b_usting
coasting113615512coasting
cohosting1546322cohosting
coopting133411312coopting
costing104323022_costing
foisting122910502foisting
footing115017592foo_ting
frosting12311182frosting
ghosting1336462ghosting
goosing93314082goos_ing
hoisting123610902hoisting
hooting113919882hoo_ting
hosting114318382_hosting
joisting16328502joisting
jousting16309352jousting
loosing83515962loos_ing
looting83019642loo_ting
mooting103019362moo_ting
noosing83315052noos_ing
ousting84021352_ousting
posting105622242_posting
roasting93012702roasting
roosing84018132roos_ing
rooting83522432roo_ting
rousting93913272rousting
sooting82820962soo_ting
toasting93410582toasting
tooting83019422too_ting
wooshing1536682wooshing
worsting1267682worsting

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059553.84331501.2
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691554.29641594.7
 
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