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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 “charming” 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.

74 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
charming16301203(None) 
charging152910771charging
charing133721321char_ing
charking183512611charking
charring142913161charring
charting142614191charting
chirming16318641chirming
harming133717931_harming
pharming16248141pharming
alarming1138582alarming
arming94719802__arming
becharming2044302becharming
calming123915972c_alming
carding113922442c_arding
caring95137992c_ar_ing
carking144322852c_arking
carling103727062c_arling
carmine112918482c_armine
caroming133312962c_aroming
carping123521082c_arping
carting104228282c_arting
carving133916772c_arving
chaffing2036322chaffing
chafing163911492cha_fing
chaining142810782chaining
chairing143110772chairing
chalking183310062chalking
chammying2243352chammying
champing183610932champing
chancing162810282chancing
changing153211512changing
chanting143413532chanting
chapping183710722chapping
charminger1843082charminger
charmingly2143412charmingly
chasing133715892cha_sing
chatting142810142chatting
chawing164813032cha_wing
chiming153311832ch_iming
chirking18339382chirking
chirping16278862chirping
chirring142610172chirring
chording15410152chording
choring133617662chor_ing
chroming163410722chroming
chumming18366202chumming
churning14237172churning
churring14298652churring
claiming13279302claiming
clamming15329372clamming
coaming123818322coa_ming
cramming15339432cramming
farming133515082_farming
hamming153014092_hamming
haring104233002_har_ing
harking154120942_harking
harmin113117402_harmin_
harmine122816192_harmine
harmins123716722_harmins
harping134118382_harping
inarming1138342inarming
pharmings17254722pharmings
rearming111413612rearming
shaming133016742sha_ming
shamming16289412shamming
sharing113723242shar_ing
sharking163912972sharking
sharping143011372sharping
swarming1458222swarming
unarming1138622unarming
uncharming1844522uncharming
warming133515082_warming
whamming19275222whamming
wharfing1834682wharfing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059743.73332429.4
3Display Results74740.0332242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691744.15642995.9
 
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