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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 “cleaning” 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
cleaning11311238(None) 
cleansing1235071cleansing
clearing113014881clearing
cleating113518131cleating
cleaving141389681cleaving
gleaning10269321gleaning
leaning83721201_leaning
beaning103820682_beaning
blearing113111942blearing
bleating113514502bleating
caning94128622c__aning
ceasing104118262c_easing
cheating144014522cheating
clanging124012122cl_anging
clanking154313062cl_anking
clawing133812672cl_awing
claying133614302cl_aying
clearings12286062clearings
clearwing1533672clearwing
cleeking15267812cleeking
clefting14347582clefting
cleping123310422cle_ping
clerking15257162clerking
clewing13359582cle_wing
cloaking15299712cloaking
cloning103215472cl_oning
clowning14307252clowning
coleading1338522coleading
craning103620302c_raning
creaking153414122creaking
creaming133413142creaming
creasing113314442creasing
creating113921952creating
deaning94020472_deaning
gleaming12277932gleaming
gleanings11244642gleanings
leading93419552_leading
leafing113313582_leafing
leaking123616972_leaking
leanings94010182_leanings
leaping103215992_leaping
learning978552_learning
leasing83920162_leasing
leaving114216852_leaving
loaning83614832_loaning
meaning103918702_meaning
planing103418252pl_aning
pleading123011442pleading
pleasing112611592pleasing
pleating112916052pleating
recleaning1336752recleaning
sleaving123310982sleaving
speaning113512242speaning
weaning114117192_weaning
yeaning113814632_yeaning

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 Filter1786911210590.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit121059554.32627984.0
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691554.64238494.4
 
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