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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 “practicing” 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.

32 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
practicing177558(None) 
practising1586361practising
bratticing1543922bratticing
prenticing1547882prenticing
fractioning1744333fractioning
fracturing1643933fracturing
latticing1246063_latticing
nonpracticing2061753nonpracticing
patining11312303p_a_tining
pectizing2348013p_ectizing
plasticine1496113plasticine
poulticing1543403poulticing
practic13312253practic___
practical1548843practic_al
practicals1645543practicals
practice1438733practic__e
practiced1655113practic_ed
practicer1544593practic_er
practicers1663593practicers
practices1557993practic_es
practicum17133773practic_um
practicums18132753practicums
praising113214563pra__ising
prancing132612163pra__ncing
prating103424453pra_t__ing
prattling1246303pra_ttling
preacting142412533preact__ing
precising14413273prec_ising
prepricing1746733prepricing
preslicing1546363preslicing
pricing123417343pr___icing
proctoring1546673proctoring

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 Filter1786911406030.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit140603326.48321688.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.90925863.5
 
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