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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 “knitting” 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.

37 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
knitting1325702(None) 
kitting123214441k_itting
knittings14273451knittings
knotting13236571knotting
bitting103717292_bitting
emitting112410352emitting
fitting113516562_fitting
flitting123010882flitting
fritting123510702fritting
gitting93215702_gitting
gritting10309982gritting
hitting113017272_hitting
kilting123213852k_ilting
kithing153411552k_ithing
kiting114117092k_i_ting
kitling123313572k_itling
kittling1336062k_ittling
knifing1536482kni_fing
knighting1844442knighting
knottings14243072knottings
knouting13226792knouting
netting84018762_netting
nutting83316232_nutting
omitting11217742omitting
pitting103618872_pitting
quitting18228832quitting
reknitting1584992reknitting
shitting123212662shitting
sitting83519632_sitting
slitting93012582slitting
spitting113012322spitting
twitting12307222twitting
unfitting1336422unfitting
uniting8315822uni_ting
unknitting1542872unknitting
unwitting1335582unwitting
witting113417062_witting

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059373.45335059.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.87546113.8
 
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