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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 “failings” 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.

62 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
failings12381101(None) 
failing113521331failing_
fairings12388191fairings
fatlings12359301fatlings
filings115213071f_ilings
mailings113011921mailings
railings93412151railings
sailings93513251sailings
tailings93211671tailings
ablings1038742_ablings
ailing74331012_ailing_
airings83913842_airings
bailing103723522bailing_
callings113613832callings
carlings114015862carlings
catlings113712042catlings
ceilings11397992ceilings
darlings103710382darlings
dialings10329822dialings
eanlings9128472eanlings
fabling133413622fabling_
facings134511262fa_cings
fadings12469302fa_dings
failingly1636132failingly
fairing113614012fairing_
falling113621582falling_
farmings14298222farmings
fastings124011942fastings
fatling113815682fatling_
feelings12338932feelings
filing103823762f_iling_
fillings122910502fillings
finings114311772f_inings
firings114112332f_irings
fixings18347442f_ixings
flailing12298922flailing_
flatlings13315822flatlings
flings106715282f__lings
foiling113317652foiling_
foulings12327942foulings
fowlings15377242fowlings
frillings13265802frillings
hailing113820692hailing_
jailing153415842jailing_
mailing102923342mailing_
mallings113413092mallings
marlings113713492marlings
nailing83419962nailing_
pairings11398312pairings
palings103915822pa_lings
pilings103313612_pilings
railing83325642railing_
raisings9338442raisings
sailing83927372sailing_
saplings11269802saplings
spilings11308812spilings
tailing82923102tailing_
tilings84212792_tilings
vailing113817952vailing_
veilings12357312veilings
wailing113620902wailing_
waitings123413742waitings

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059624.45327185.9
3Display Results62620.0331878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691624.85936775.3
 
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