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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 “furbishing” 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.

32 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
furbishing194337(None) 
furnishing1744011furnishing
burnishing1643912burnishing
furnishings1852022furnishings
kurbashing2042252kurbashing
refurbishing2152082refurbishing
burnishings1751863burnishings
famishing1845233f_amishing
finishing1645843f_inishing
fishing143913863f___ishing
flemishing1943493flemishing
flourishing1852563flour_ishing
forbidding1843063forbidding
freshing152611023f_r_eshing
frisking16268363f_r_isking
furbish1536443furbish___
furbished1843773furbish_ed
furbisher1743703furbish_er
furbishers1843093furbishers
furbishes1745243furbish_es
garnishing1544573garnishing
nourishing1444243nour_ishing
outfishing1765993outfishing
outwishing1765793outwishing
perishing1539533per_ishing
publishing1844003publishing
punishing1545383pu_nishing
refurnishing1952463refurnishing
surmising1247683surmis_ing
tarnishing1445153tarnishing
unwishing1635593_unwishing
varnishing1744473varnishing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603325.62325005.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691325.79530835.4
 
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