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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 “deservings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
deservings159366(None) 
deserving1497901deserving_
deserting11713142deserting_
reserving131110642reserving_
servings12249222__servings
deceiving1635733deceiving_
decerning1337293decerning_
decurving1634723decurving_
deferring1436143deferring_
degerming1435753degerming_
deleaving1436263deleaving_
demerging1436643demerging_
deperming1537113deperming_
descrying1635103descrying_
desertions1139883desertions
deservers13107293deserv_ers
deserves12109893deserv__es
desexing1736293dese_xing_
designings1342623designings
desiring10312143desir_ing_
desorbing1346363desorbing_
deterging1237853deterging_
determines1358433determines
deterring1138623deterring_
dieselings1252933diese_lings
disserving15117013disserving_
eserines8413743_eser_ines
nervings12256323__nervings
observing1544393observing_
preserving1637363preserving_
reserpines1245843reserpines
reservices1544893reservices
reservists1343923reservists
resprings12156253respr_ings
restrings10159293restr_ings
sergings10299213__sergings
serving113014983__serving_
timeservings1861073timeservings
undeserving1643543undeserving_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603395.97023551.6
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.40627894.3
 
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