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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 “suntanning” 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.

36 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
suntanning114398(None) 
sustaining1145882sustaining
unbanning1235892_unbanning
unmanning1245872_unmanning
containing13410933containing
curtaining1345533curtaining
fountaining15103643fountaining
gunrunning1242123gunrunning
outmanning1345543outmanning
scanning113310773s__canning
sentencing1345403sentencing
spanning113311083s__panning
staining9413373s__taining
standing103413633s__tanding
stanging104013653s__tanging
staning83922243s__ta_ning
stunning9298463s__tunning
subtending1445103subtending
suctioning1345343suctioning
sunbathing1642933sunbathing
sunburning1343353sunburning
sundowning1542633sundowning
sunning83715673su___nning
suntanned1044013suntann_ed
surtaxing1784143surta_xing
swanning12338813s__wanning
tanning83618253___tanning
unhanding1437203_unhanding
unhanging1436363_unhanging
unpenning1236183_unpenning
unpinning1245623_unpinning
untacking1636643_untacking
untangling1244123_untangling
untuning937943_unt_uning
untwining1346303_untwining
unwaning1238133_unwa_ning

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603366.32622226.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.74826480.6
 
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