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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 “prancing” 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.

46 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
prancing13261216(None) 
pranging123012721pranging
pranking153813381pranking
trancing112812021trancing
bracing123817612bra_cing
branching17289262branching
branding122513682branding
branning112911092branning
chancing162810282chancing
cranching17278732cranching
craning103620302cran_ing
cranking154613072cranking
dancing113611562_dancing
franking164310862franking
glancing1247062glancing
gracing113216442gra_cing
granting103514522granting
lancing103314122_lancing
pacing114522752p_a_cing
panging113319112p_anging
panning104019392p_anning
panting104025422p_anting
peacing124117072pea_cing
penancing1436342penancing
placing123815282pla_cing
planing103418252plan_ing
planking153513012planking
planning113610222planning
planting113515382planting
poncing122913582p_oncing
pouncing13318882pouncing
praising113214562praising
prating103424452pra_ting
prawning1446962prawning
praying133717322pra_ying
pricing123417342pr_icing
prinking153212452prinking
printing113216082printing
pronging123511842pronging
pruning10311732prun_ing
racing95030532_ra_cing
ranching141712042_ranching
ranging94120262_ranging
ranking124320882_ranking
ranting84025412_ranting
tracing103720152tra_cing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059463.64033258.0
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691464.04644164.9
 
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