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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 “harbinger” 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.

53 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
harbinger154412(None) 
harbingers1643941harbingers
carbineer1344762carbineer
charminger1843082charminger
harbingered1851492harbingered
wharfinger2041402wharfinger
abridger1243803_abridger
arbiter939933_arbi_ter
armiger1036253_armi_ger
arranger936883_arranger
barbing123716993barbing__
binger94923453___binger
bringer104213353_br_inger
carabineer1452993carabineer
carabiner1346343carabin_er
carabinier1444013carabinier
carbine112918643carbin_e_
carbineers1444233carbineers
carbines123617543carbin_es
cringer103514243_cr_inger
deringer1038143der_inger
derringer1144593derringer
earringed1144453earringed
garbing113613273garbing__
hamburger17113103hamburger
hanger104023263ha___nger
haranguer1342863har_anguer
harbingering1951603harbingering
harborer1348063harb_orer
hardener1238883harden_er
hardier114721543hardi__er
haring104233003har_ing__
harkener1537573harken_er
harking154120943harking__
harmine122816193harmin_e_
harmines132715143harmin_es
harming133717933harming__
harping134118383harping__
harpings14379773harping_s
harrier104417763harri__er
herbier1239593herbi__er
hinger104723333h___inger
humdinger1642183humdinger
karabiner1543243karabin_er
malinger11116533ma_linger
mariner93315993mar_in_er
porringer1244053porringer
ringer74526063__r_inger
springer113311753spr_inger
stringer93812943str_inger
warmonger1543853warmonger
wharfingers2151413wharfingers
wringer113612453_wr_inger

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641538.94016626.5
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691539.38919032.0
 
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