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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 “kiboshing” 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.

35 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
kiboshing197235(None) 
kyboshing2251771kyboshing
abashing1466623_abashing
ambushing1744033ambushing
bashing135422583__bashing
bossing103714603__bossing
bushing134018583__bushing
coshing134316433__coshing
dishing124017103di__shing
embosking1843963embosking
embossing1444713embossing
finishing1645843finishing
fishing143913863fi__shing
joshing18519413__joshing
kibbling17225703kib_bling
kibitzing2542333kibitzing
kibosh1534263kibosh___
kiboshed1842763kibosh_ed
kiboshes1744013kibosh_es
kissing122911053ki__ssing
kithing153411553ki__thing
kurbashing2042253kurbashing
minishing1547073minishing
moshing134214883__moshing
noshing114612773__noshing
pishing134314373pi__shing
riposting1236063riposting
skibobbing1851323skibobbing
sloshing12258823_sloshing
smooshing1534793smooshing
sploshing1544293sploshing
swooshing1643883swooshing
whooshing1943213whooshing
wishing144114893wi__shing
wooshing1536683_wooshing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641356.28323657.6
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.71626606.8
 
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