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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 “weltings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

44 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
weltings1238820(None) 
beltings11369251beltings
feltings12317901feltings
welting113615311welting_
westings12429801westings
wettings12348401wettings
beatings114113232beatings
bellings113811152bellings
belting104119132belting_
dwellings14244212dwellings
eatings84616442_eatings
felting113515212felting_
geldings11316162geldings
helpings14255652helpings
jestings16368022jestings
kiltings13327082kiltings
meetings11287412meetings
melting103317752melting_
nettings9288102nettings
pelting102917272pelting_
pettings11349702pettings
saltings92811252saltings
seatings93614302seatings
settings93810072settings
sweetings13326182sweetings
swellings13296102swellings
vestings12359142vestings
waitings123413742waitings
walkings16327312walkings
webbings1633242webbings
weddings14355532weddings
weepings14346482weepings
weeting113816052weeting_
welding123213252welding_
welkins1437172welkin_s
welling112920312welling_
westing115020272westing_
wetting114117382wetting_
whitings15287062whitings
wildings13287932wildings
wilting113515912wilting_
witlings12328442witlings
wittings12328732wittings
writings12298112writings

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059443.40335574.2
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.81246875.9
 
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