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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 “closing” 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.

104 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
closing10311484(None) 
cloning103215471cloning
closings11277671closings
cloying133511751cloying
losing74022871_losing
blousing1138792blousing
blowing133813052blowing
casing94829102c_asing
causing103614412causing
ceasing104118262ceasing
censing104215262censing
cessing103814812cessing
chasing133715892chasing
choking173911942choking
choosing142010132choosing
choring133617662choring
chousing14259422chousing
chowing164412772chowing
chowsing17217342chowsing
clashing143812192clashing
clasping133310262clasping
classing113211792classing
clawing133812672clawing
claying133614302claying
cleping123310422cleping
clewing13359582clewing
cling86424672cl__ing
cloaking15299712cloaking
clocking174312412clocking
clogging13368502clogging
clomping15329652clomping
clonings11307432clonings
clonking153810152clonking
clopping153511082clopping
closeting1236182closeting
closuring1255172closuring
clothing14278782clothing
clotting113110642clotting
clouding12269492clouding
clouring112811272clouring
clouting113011682clouting
clowning14307252clowning
clueing104110092clueing
cluing93913502cl_uing
coding104024792c_oding
coking134523882c_oking
coloring11414842coloring
coming114225452c_oming
coning94331822c_oning
cooing94024922c_ooing
cooking143818972cooking
cooling103422572cooling
cooping123918932cooping
coping113927662c_oping
coring94433962c_oring
coshing134316432c_oshing
cosign958782c_osign
cosine83823512c_osine
costing104323022c_osting
cosying134513132c_osying
coting94629252c_oting
coving124321522c_oving
cowing124526322c_owing
coxing164218862c_oxing
coying124021482c_oying
crossing112612682crossing
crowing133814762crowing
cursing104217032cursing
cussing103814272cussing
dosing83920272_dosing
eloping103512832eloping
enclosing1257572enclosing
flossing12247902flossing
flowing143411762flowing
globing113210002globing
glossing10278882glossing
gloving12308442gloving
glowing123211792glowing
glozing18338892glozing
goosing93314082goosing
hosing103421102_hosing
inclosing1257652inclosing
lasing74727982_lasing
looing73621042_looing
loosing83515962loosing
loping93921412_loping
losings82810622_losings
lousing83817732_lousing
loving104416722_loving
lowing104623272_lowing
loxing143615272_loxing
lysing104710442_lysing
noosing83315052noosing
nosing73419842_nosing
plowing133111722plowing
ploying132811572ploying
posing93922642_posing
prosing103319382prosing
roosing84018132roosing
rosing73925592_rosing
sloping104114072sloping
sloshing12258822sloshing
slowing112814742slowing
unclosing1247752unclosing

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit1076711043.50030763.1
3Display Results1041040.0303466.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911043.65348916.2
 
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