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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 “hounding” 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.

38 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
hounding13261005(None) 
bounding123012131bounding
founding133010791founding
mounding123311261mounding
pounding123311471pounding
rounding102812281rounding
sounding102712871sounding
wounding13249401wounding
abounding1335192abounding
bonding113318432bo_nding
bouncing13318772bouncing
counting113115272counting
fonding123815422fo_nding
foundling1435212foundling
funding124113662_funding
grounding1236082grounding
handing123518892h_anding
haunting123510052haunting
hoarding13288642hoarding
holding123514282ho_lding
hondling132210012ho_ndling
honing103421502ho_n_ing
honking153414792ho_nking
hooding123815202ho_oding
hording123517052ho_rding
horning113015002horn_ing
housing113316522hou_sing
hunting114317122h_unting
jouncing18336852jouncing
lounging1036752lounging
moulding12258142moulding
mounting112711812mounting
poinding122510002poinding
ponding114317082po_nding
pouncing13318882pouncing
soundings11266152soundings
stounding1136232stounding
swounding1434132swounding

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059383.76332170.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.17242831.0
 
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