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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 “heaving” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

121 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
heaving14411476(None) 
deaving123814751deaving
having134220371h_aving
heading122919111heading
healing113922961healing
heaping133015851heaping
hearing113324161hearing
heating114024321heating
helving144011131helving
leaving114216851leaving
reaving113820531reaving
sheaving154110251sheaving
weaving143211621weaving
beading113221862beading
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
behaving1735452behaving
braving133714612braving
caving124822612_caving
ceasing104118262ceasing
cheating144014522cheating
cleaving141389682cleaving
craving134015732craving
dealing94323232dealing
deaning94020472deaning
delving123711572delving
earing75235482_earing
easing74926462_easing
eating75134402_eating
fearing113520032fearing
feasing113916652feasing
feazing205411442feazing
gearing92818842gearing
graving123114562graving
hading113922942h_ading
haeing104118922h_aeing
haling104229782h_aling
halving143511542halving
haring104233002h_aring
hating104929712h_ating
hawing134322352h_awing
haying134420612h_aying
hazing194218552h_azing
headings133510492headings
hearings123611852hearings
hearsing1239382hearsing
hearting12513122hearting
heaven123912602heaven_
heavens13439302heavens
heavier13429422heavier
heavies132713872heavies
heavily1665902heavily
hedging13348952hedging
heeding123515062heeding
heeling113618512heeling
heezing20349872heezing
hefting144510912hefting
heiling113616362heiling
heiring113312902heiring
helling114623222helling
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
hemming15269972hemming
henting113719652henting
herding122915122herding
herring113615882herring
hewing134514242he_wing
hexing174210512he_xing
hiving134115522h_iving
hoaxing18307762hoaxing
laving104623572_laving
leading93419552leading
leafing113313582leafing
leaking123616972leaking
leaning83721202leaning
leaping103215992leaping
leasing83920162leasing
leavings12407492leavings
meaning103918702meaning
nearing83020332nearing
nerving112910832nerving
paving124519742_paving
peacing124117072peacing
peaking144317692peaking
pealing104123202pealing
peeving135112242peeving
raving105128852_raving
reading93327212reading
reaming103924012reaming
reaping103621212reaping
rearing83128782rearing
reeving113717662reeving
reiving113316842reiving
repaving142810742repaving
revving14379342revving
saving104724512_saving
sealing83528562sealing
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
serving113014982serving
shaving143414332shaving
sheafing15329482sheafing
shealing123415462shealing
shearing123915902shearing
shelving15278172shelving
slaving113514832slaving
sleaving123310982sleaving
staving113915702staving
teaming103917592teaming
tearing84021492tearing
teasing83918512teasing
upheaving1843802upheaving
vealing114217422vealing
waving134018202_waving
weaning114117192weaning
wearing113318862wearing
yealing112716382yealing
yeaning113814632yeaning

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711213.09634777.5
3Display Results1211210.0462630.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911213.49851083.8
 
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