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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 “varnishing” 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.

39 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
varnishing174447(None) 
garnishing1544571garnishing
tarnishing1445151tarnishing
vanishing1646301va_nishing
banishing1537142ba_nishing
burnishing1643912burnishing
evanishing1743862eva_nishing
furnishing1744012furnishing
revarnishing1982182revarnishing
arising83619973_ar_is_ing
brandishing1853363brandishing
burnishings1751863burnishings
carnifying1945043carnifying
famishing1845233fa_mishing
finishing1645843_finishing
furbishing1943373furbishing
furnishings1852023furnishings
garnisheeing1761113garnisheeing
harnessing1443903harnessing
lavishing1644553la_vishing
minishing1547073_minishing
monishing1547543_monishing
overfishing2145853overfishing
perishing1539533per_ishing
planishing1645323planishing
plenishing1644693plenishing
punishing1545383_punishing
ravishing1634983ra_vishing
stonishing1444913stonishing
vanishingly2151693va_nishingly
vanquishing2752283vanquishing
variating13310953var_iating
varnish13169533varnish___
varnished16195603varnish_ed
varnisher15195403varnish_er
varnishers16174343varnishers
varnishes15207913varnish_es
varnishy17163403varnish__y
wampishing2142753wampishing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603396.54621479.2
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.98225593.1
 
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