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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 “stealings” 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.

32 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
stealings1031885(None) 
shealings13317561shealings
steadings11307081steadings
stealing93416601stealing_
sterlings10308751sterlings
dealings103510702_dealings
sealing83528562s_ealing_
seatings93614302s_eatings
seedlings11195952seedlings
settlings1054682settlings
shealing123415462shealing_
shearings13337562shearings
shearlings1443532shearlings
speakings16345932speakings
spellings12296552spellings
stablings12256102stablings
stagings10378342st_agings
staling83925422st_aling_
stalkings14314982st_alkings
starlings10237922starlings
steading103613592steading_
steaming114013212steaming_
stearines9311282stearines
stearins8312142stearin_s
steeling93615142steeling_
steevings13284442steevings
sterling93615552sterling_
streakings15235302streakings
streamings13185162streamings
stylings12276232st_ylings
swellings13296102swellings
yealings12257702_yealings

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 Filter1786911214360.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121436323.37336002.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.17242831.0
 
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