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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 “leafing” 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.

105 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
leafing11331358(None) 
leading93419551leading
leaking123616971leaking
leaning83721201leaning
leaping103215991leaping
leasing83920161leasing
leaving114216851leaving
loafing11319791loafing
beading113221862beading
beaming123618802beaming
beaning103820682beaning
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
beefing133911472beefing
blearing113111942blearing
bleating113514502bleating
ceasing104118262ceasing
chafing163911492chafing
cleaning113112382cleaning
clearing113014882clearing
cleating113518132cleating
cleaving141389682cleaving
dealing94323232dealing
deaning94020472deaning
deaving123814752deaving
earing75235482_earing
easing74926462_easing
eating75134402_eating
elating83423082elating
fearing113520032fearing
feasing113916652feasing
feazing205411442feazing
gearing92818842gearing
gleaming12277932gleaming
gleaning10269322gleaning
heading122919112heading
healing113922962healing
heaping133015852heaping
hearing113324162hearing
heating114024322heating
heaving144114762heaving
kerfing15307532kerfing
lacing94626232l_acing
lading84227122l_ading
laking115027042l_aking
laming94528362l_aming
lasing74727982l_asing
laving104623572l_aving
lawing104625282l_awing
laying104525702l_aying
lazing164821472l_azing
leaching143012832leaching
leadings103511242leadings
leafier10329832leafier
leaguing1035342leaguing
leanings94010182leanings
learning978552learning
leashing123310312leashing
leasings9379842leasings
leavings12407492leavings
leching134613652leching
leering83417642leering
legating102313112legating
legging103912642legging
lekking11306502lekking
lemming12269392lemming
lending94118532lending
lensing84015102lensing
letting83218532letting
levying1435872levying
loading94114612loading
loaming103613732loaming
loaning83614832loaning
luffing143310102luffing
meaning103918702meaning
nearing83020332nearing
peacing124117072peacing
peaking144317692peaking
pealing104123202pealing
pleading123011442pleading
pleasing112611592pleasing
pleating112916052pleating
reading93327212reading
reaming103924012reaming
reaping103621212reaping
rearing83128782rearing
reaving113820532reaving
reefing114016862reefing
reffing143712172reffing
sealing83528562sealing
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
selfing112911622selfing
sheafing15329482sheafing
sleaving123310982sleaving
teaming103917592teaming
tearing84021492tearing
teasing83918512teasing
vealing114217422vealing
weaning114117192weaning
wearing113318862wearing
weaving143211622weaving
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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit1076711052.95336461.6
3Display Results1051050.0333181.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911053.35953197.7
 
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