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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 “shriving” 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.

35 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
shriving1526845(None) 
scriving14258761scriving
shrieving1633971shrieving
shrining122610851shrining
striving122611391striving
thriving15246351thriving
arriving1237362arriving
deriving132510742deriving
driving123910712_driving
hiving134115522_h_iving
riving104521422__riving
scribing13238182scribing
scrieving1534132scrieving
serving113014982ser_ving
shaving143414332sh_aving
sheaving154110252sheaving
shelving15278172shelving
shining113816522sh_ining
shirking163210472shirking
shirring122910442shirring
shirting123213612shirting
shoving142910642sh_oving
shrewing15228092shrewing
shrieking1734582shrieking
shrilling13307692shrilling
shrimping1734062shrimping
shrinking1735652shrinking
shriveling1743252shriveling
shriven13379652shriven_
skiving15298372s_kiving
striding102713602striding
striking133012232striking
striping112612522striping
surviving1644162surviving
swiving14358952s_wiving

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 Limit121059353.90630993.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.31241440.4
 
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