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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 “astonying” 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.

76 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
astonying134523(None) 
astounding1244152astounding
atoning83514872a_ton_ing
stoning83717442_ston_ing
storying12249672_storying
absconding1642993absconding
alloying12339143allo_ying
annoying1246543anno_ying
aproning11311793apron_ing
ascending1336283ascending
assaying1236003as_saying
assenting1038163assenting
assoiling1045353assoiling
assorting1037303assorting
astonied978983aston_ied
astonies8815093aston_ies
astonish1148453aston_ish
astonishing1553363astonishing
astony9510523astony___
astringing1245773astringing
attending11136373attending
attorning1045503attorning
attuning935903attun_ing
autoing8314043auto__ing
autolysing1464353autolysing
autolyzing2343793autolyzing
autopsying1643133autopsying
cantoning12310883canton_ing
cartoning12311113carton_ing
estopping1434793estopping
estraying1338293estraying
fastening13268603fasten_ing
hastening13259483hasten_ing
intoning9311123inton_ing
masoning1139763mas_on_ing
mutinying1545333mutinying
pastoring12310853pasto_ring
phonying1745833_phonying
ponying133312123__ponying
sconcing1338263_sconcing
sponging1238823_sponging
standing103413633_standing
stanging104013653_stanging
staning83922243_stan_ing
staying114017323_st_aying
stimying1437503_stimying
stinging103213453_stinging
stinking133113543_stinking
stinting93415743_stinting
stobbing13227243_stobbing
stocking152912503_stocking
stodging11277463_stodging
stoking123615593_sto_king
stomping13309763_stomping
stooging102810043_stooging
stooking132711143_stooking
stooling93113133_stooling
stooping113012363_stooping
stoping103716623_sto_ping
stopping133611413_stopping
storing83921123_sto_ring
storming11209423_storming
stotting92811163_stotting
stounding1136233_stounding
stowing113315133_sto_wing
straying122912693_straying
stroying122410593_stroying
studying1335553_studying
stunning9298463_stunning
stunting92811503_stunting
stying105414573_st__ying
stymying1733963_stymying
tonging93314513__tonging
toning74025793__ton_ing
toying105017303__to_ying
wantoning1337083wanton_ing

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641766.86021667.8
3Display Results76760.0461652.2
 (SQL Overall)178691767.32924381.4
 
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