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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 “legating” 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.

48 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
legating10231311(None) 
legatine91311401legatine
ligating102212281ligating
negating102012831negating
aerating92821002aerating
beating104326872be_ating
begazing2136632begazing
berating113220762berating
bleating113514502ble_ating
cleating113518142cle_ating
debating123213732debating
delating103119602delating
delegating1337672delegating
derating103222282derating
eating75134402_e_ating
elating83423082_elating
elevating1338202elevating
gating84826952__gating
gelating103015732gelating
heating114024322he_ating
leading93419552le_ading
leafing113313582le_afing
leaguing1035342leaguing
leaking123616972le_aking
leaning83721202le_aning
leaping103215992le_aping
leasing83920162le_asing
leaving114216852le_aving
legation92412932legation
legations102711922legations
legging103912642leg_ging
leniting9312352leniting
letting83218532le_tting
levanting1345522levanting
levigating1545692levigating
lighting132811832lighting
locating11311502locating
luxating1645612luxating
pleating112916052ple_ating
rebating112418342rebating
redating102620172redating
regaling10315362regaling
regrating111316212regrating
relating92725442relating
relegating1239482relegating
remating112322422remating
seating84130682se_ating
sedating103014112sedating

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.873204686.1
2DLD Change Limit121059487.58015970.8
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691488.46921099.4
 
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