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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 “reflecting” 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.

29 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
reflecting163882(None) 
deflecting1736501deflecting
reelecting1338781reelecting
refecting152413351ref_ecting
beflecking2243032beflecking
defecting162510222def_ecting
effecting1845582_effecting
electing112113782_e_lecting
inflecting1646312inflecting
neglecting1444542neglecting
preelecting1646472preelecting
prelecting15310162pre_lecting
reejecting2045812reejecting
reerecting1339972reerecting
reflating132514712refl_ating
reflection15168992reflection
reflections16178552reflections
reflective1857122reflective
reflexing2035932refle_xing
refloating14198322refloating
refracting1638732refracting
rejecting192211152re_jecting
relenting102716772re_lenting
reletting102713942re_letting
relucting1239772re_lucting
resecting122816482re_secting
reselecting1446022reselecting
respecting1549882respecting
selecting12310532se_lecting

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 Filter1786911088240.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit108824292.95336852.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.37552945.5
 
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