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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 “smoking” 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.

79 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
smoking14321052(None) 
smocking17349101smocking
spoking143212221spoking
stoking123615591stoking
besmoking18114612besmoking
booking143618382booking
broking143514822broking
choking173911942choking
coking134523882_coking
cooking143818972cooking
emoting10313562emoting
evoking1536412evoking
hoking144419512_hoking
hooking153716692hooking
joking184113022_joking
looking123415042looking
making134823852_making
miking134218462_miking
mocking163614452_mocking
mooing93718372_mooing
moping114017102_moping
moving123913282_moving
mowing124119092_mowing
osmosing1135222osmosing
poking133819302_poking
rooking123517362rooking
sacking144122702sacking
scoping123513822scoping
scoring103117212scoring
scowing133812092scowing
seeking124016062seeking
shaking153317252shaking
shocking184311542shocking
shoeing113211882shoeing
shooing112112912shooing
shoring112820072shoring
shoving142910642shoving
showing143814662showing
sicking143720172sicking
silking123715592silking
sinking123320542sinking
slaking123717472slaking
sloping104114072sloping
slowing112814742slowing
smacking173510762smacking
smeeking15317832smeeking
smerking15258472smerking
smiling103915442smiling
smirking15277232smirking
smiting103014442smiting
smockings18264282smockings
smokier1356702smokier
smokily1635372smokily
snaking123915302snaking
snooking133010582snooking
snoring83917202snoring
snowing113913452snowing
soaking123116612soaking
socking143518602socking
soling74226822s_oling
sooting82820962sooting
soring74731882s_oring
sowing104222912s_owing
spiking144312882spiking
spooking15269802spooking
sporing104319412sporing
staking123919802staking
stocking152912502stocking
stoning83717442stoning
stooking132711142stooking
stoping103716622stoping
storing83921122storing
stowing113315132stowing
stroking132610942stroking
sucking143217412sucking
sulking124514312sulking
toking114420722_toking
troking123514102troking
yoking143912282_yoking

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671793.23333303.7
3Display Results79790.0302633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691793.62349321.3
 
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