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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 “erecting” 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.

46 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
erecting11241506(None) 
ejecting18268161ejecting
electing112113781electing
eructing112110171eructing
coerecting15218782coerecting
creating113921952creating
cresting114017042cresting
defecting162510222defecting
dejecting20217792dejecting
detecting13259982detecting
directing1338812directing
effecting1845582effecting
egesting1039012egesting
enacting11311362enacting
erectile1039512erectile
erection102115512erection
erections112515212erections
erective13311832erective
erupting11218442erupting
everting122213132everting
evicting1437482evicting
exacting1838522exacting
executing1945582executing
exerting162211152exerting
expecting2146692expecting
exsecting1935932exsecting
fretting122711522fretting
greeting103112352greeting
perfecting1847512perfecting
preacting142412532preacting
reacting113317892reacting
reciting113118072_reciting
recking144319922_recking
reerecting1339972reerecting
reesting93118272reesting
refecting152413352refecting
rejecting192211152rejecting
renting84026852_renting
rerenting102617662rerenting
resecting122816482resecting
resting85031182_resting
retting83425882_retting
selecting12310532selecting
treating92519612treating
wrecking18328152wrecking
wresting123811832wresting

Search took 9 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 Limit121059468.21614734.5
3Display Results46460.0331393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691468.53220943.6
 
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