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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 “abusing” 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.

42 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
abusing104911(None) 
abasing10610671abasing
amusing1039381amusing
busing96420591_busing
abashing1466622abashing
abating10413972abating
abducing1474062abducing
abiding11510502abiding
abjuring1834882abjuring
aboding11410122aboding
abusive1245282abusive
abutting1137002abutting
abying124410412ab_ying
accusing1336782accusing
ambushing1744032ambushing
arising83619972arising
arousing93811802arousing
auding83616932a_uding
avulsing1234432avulsing
basing95427662_basing
bousing103718042bousing
bushing134018582_bushing
busings103711222_busings
busking144116572_busking
bussing103614622_bussing
busting104221792_busting
busying134211992_busying
buying124213832_buying
causing103614412causing
dousing93315762dousing
fusing104415952_fusing
housing113316522housing
lousing83817732lousing
mousing103816272mousing
musing93919502_musing
pausing103912812pausing
reusing82516782reusing
rousing83920552rousing
sousing83517822sousing
tabuing10308892tabu_ing
tousing82916992tousing
using66317962__using

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671423.21633479.8
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.59249746.9
 
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