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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbackgrounding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

13 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
backgrounding247116(None) 
background2052643background___
backgrounded23151413background_ed
backgrounder22131333background_er
backgrounders2314943backgrounders
backgrounds2151853background__s
backcrossing2361784backcro_ssing
backdropping2661734backdro_pping
backhanding2453764back__handing
backloading2153824back_lo_ading
foregrounding196964foregrounding
grounding1236084____grounding
rockhounding2361014rock_hounding

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024135.40617577.5
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691135.76630990.5