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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 “whetting” 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.

45 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
whetting153597(None) 
wetting114117381w_etting
abetting1158292abetting
betting103921402_betting
chatting142810142chatting
cheating144014522cheating
duetting1047182duetting
fetting113517872_fetting
fretting122711522fretting
getting93316562_getting
ghettoing1442122ghettoing
hatting113920232_hatting
heating114024322_heating
hefting144510912_hefting
henting113719652_henting
hitting113017272_hitting
hotting113116522_hotting
hutting113016032_hutting
jetting153815342_jetting
letting83218532_letting
netting84018762_netting
petting103720952_petting
retting83425882_retting
setting83621392_setting
sheeting122712832sheeting
shitting123212662shitting
shotting123012382shotting
shutting12309692shutting
stetting93410712stetting
vetting114216562_vetting
weeting113816052w_eeting
welting113615312w_elting
westing115020272w_esting
wettings12348402w_ettings
wheeling15318602wheeling
wheeping17337102wheeping
wheezing24315382wheezing
whelming17304922whelming
whelping17245332whelping
whisting15329542whisting
whiting143311302wh_iting
whittling1634382whittling
witting113417062w_itting
wotting112913842w_otting
wresting123811832wresting

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059453.12638726.5
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.53250592.0
 
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