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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 “writhing” 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.

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
writhing1527867(None) 
trithing122811771trithing
withing143814491w_ithing
wrathing15248921wrathing
writing113713891writ_ing
airthing12297952airthing
birthing14338432birthing
faithing1537152faithing
fritting123510702fritting
frothing15208532frothing
girthing13256082girthing
gritting10309982gritting
kithing153411552_kithing
pithing134014052_pithing
tithing113513892_tithing
trithings13246602trithings
trothing122410842trothing
waiting113618952wait_ing
weighing1635282weighing
whishing18287182whishing
whiting143311302whit_ing
wishing144114892w_ishing
witching173410632w_itching
within123611382w_ithin_
withins133511692w_ithins
witing103522822w_it_ing
witling113215812w_itling
witting113417062w_itting
worthing15178052worthing
wreathing16266312wreathing
wricking18349492wricking
wringing13279622wringing
writhen13407862writhen_
writings12298112writ_ings

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit121059345.64021464.4
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691345.82630671.3
 
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