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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forreturning” 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.

16 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
returning103813(None) 
retuning9311581retu_ning
reburying1535192reburying
recurring1237952recurring
recurving1536772recurving
reearning1039052reearning
repugning1335862repugning
rerunning1036522rerunning
resurging1138612resurging
retaining102114732retaining
retarding111110652retarding
retiring92717412retir_ing
retorting10613272retorting
retrying122410452ret_rying
turning83713182__turning
upturning1263372upturning

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436163.28037023.2
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691163.67048689.6