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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 “stewarding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

48 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
stewarding154352(None) 
rewarding14148832_rewarding
steading103613592ste_a_ding
swarding1359002s__warding
awarding1356043__awarding
bearding124011943_be_arding
bewaring14279493_bewar_ing
forwarding1843493forwarding
prewarming18145173prewarming
prewarning16135193prewarning
regarding12149153_regarding
retarding111110653_retarding
rewarming15147383_rewarming
rewording14158543_rewording
searing83330923s_e_ar_ing
sewering122411093s_ewer_ing
shearing123915903she_ar_ing
shearling1336923she_arling
skewering1744633skewer_ing
smearing113511753sme_ar_ing
spearing113216103spe_ar_ing
standing103413633st__anding
staring84527053st__ar_ing
starling93017123st__arling
starring92312953st__arring
starting93116173st__arting
starving122510173st__arving
steadings11307083ste_a_dings
steadying14154503ste_adying
stealing93416603ste_a_ling
steaming114013213ste_a_ming
stearin7312003ste_ar_in_
stearine8311903ste_ar_ine
stearins8312143ste_ar_ins
steering93916793ste_er_ing
sterling93615553ste__rling
steward1138063steward___
stewarded1443533steward_ed
stewardess1442263stewardess
stewards1236383steward__s
stewing113412493stew___ing
stranding1149653st_randing
swarming1458223s__warming
swearing123711443swe_ar_ing
tearing84021493_te_ar_ing
thwarting1632763_thwarting
unrewarding1642893unrewarding
warding123918143___warding

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603486.43621846.3
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691486.88825942.4
 
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