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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 “breasting” 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.

39 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
breasting123958(None) 
abreacting1544532abreacting
basting104227202b__asting
beastings12387652b_eastings
beating104326872b_ea_ting
berating113220762bera_ting
besting104923922b_e_sting
blasting114013432b_lasting
bleating113514502blea_ting
boasting113512502b_oasting
brassing112612302br_assing
breaching17269402breaching
breading123515462brea_ding
breaking153914252brea_king
breaming133612512brea_ming
breastpin1342592breastpin_
breastpins1442712breastpins
breathing15218372breathing
breveting1536262breveting
creasing113314442creas_ing
creating113921952crea_ting
cresting114017042cre_sting
easting84924302__easting
feasting122011322_feasting
greasing102811392greas_ing
preacting142412532preacting
precasting15169832precasting
prepasting15168882prepasting
pretasting13239282pretasting
reacting113317892_reacting
recasting122414232_recasting
reesting93118272_reesting
repasting122312842_repasting
resting85031182_re_sting
retasting102513412_retasting
roasting93012702_roasting
treating92519612trea_ting
wresting123811832wre_sting
yeasting12188922_yeasting

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436393.23637526.6
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.63949104.4
 
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