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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 “understaffing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

34 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
understaffing2110273(None) 
understaffings22121591understaffings
understanding1673772understanding
understating1446542understa_ting
overstaffing2243653_overstaffing
understaffed2052813understaff_ed
understandings17112373understandings
understeering1573063understeering
understudying1962143understudying
undertaking1796583under_ta_king
undertaxing20105583under_ta_xing
overstuffing2253054_overstuffing
restaffing1744194__re_staffing
underacting1547524under__acting
underbaking1995164under_ba_king
undercharging2152594undercharging
undercoating1645374undercoa_ting
undereating1369554under_ea_ting
underheating1785134underhea_ting
underlapping1853514under_lapping
underlaying16125764under_la_ying
underloading1564294underloa_ding
underpaying18125374under_pa_ying
underplaying19154354underpla_ying
underrating1388254under_ra_ting
underreacting1752834underreacting
underscoring1653634unders_coring
underselling1453974unders_elling
undershooting1852554undershooting
undersigning1553464unders_igning
understand1246184understa___nd
understandingly2171594understandingly
undertakings1894034under_ta_kings
undervaluing1753384under_valuing

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit95024347.58012536.1
3Display Results34340.0301133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691348.37621333.7
 
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