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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 “unknitting” 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.

25 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
unknitting154287(None) 
unknotting1542661unknotting
knitting13257022__knitting
reknitting1584992reknitting
unfitting1336422un_fitting
unwitting1335582un_witting
beknotting1782813beknotting
kitting123214443__k_itting
knittings14273453__knittings
knotting13236573__knotting
reknotting1564233reknotting
unhatting1335873un_hatting
uninviting1443203uninviting
uniting8315823u__ni_ting
unjointing1843963unjointing
unkinking1334783unk_inking
unknitted1443703unknitt_ed
unknowing17103593unkn_owing
unmitring1245263un_mitring
unpitying1544043un_pitying
unremitting1443213unremitting
unsetting1088993un_setting
unshifting1743863unshifting
unstinting1147303unstinting
untwisting1443943untwisting

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603257.73318182.2
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691258.18521831.5
 
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