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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 “birlings” 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.

46 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
birlings1135961(None) 
billings113412631billings
birdings12378821birdings
birling104317051birling_
airings83913842air_ings
airlines8312792airlines
bellings113811152bellings
berlines102315452berlines
berlins93216012berlin_s
biddings13397562biddings
biggings13327472biggings
billing103823852billing_
bindings123810472bindings
birding114014922birding_
birring103713062birring_
birthings15254622birthings
bittings11339292bittings
borings103614242bor_ings
bowlings14408752bowlings
brings94618432b_r_ings
brislings12236362brislings
burling104421132burling_
burnings11387622burnings
byrling13337372byrling_
carlings114015852carlings
curlings114110382curlings
darlings103710382darlings
dialings10329822dialings
dirling93316072dirling_
filings115213072fi_lings
fillings122910502fillings
firings114112332fir_ings
hirelings1365762hirelings
hurlings12388212hurlings
killings133710482killings
kitlings13318102kitlings
marlings113713492marlings
millings113712582millings
pilings103313612pi_lings
purlings113910282purlings
riflings12227302riflings
siblings11108122siblings
tilings84212792ti_lings
tirling83315732tirling_
wirings113910112wir_ings
witlings12328442witlings

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059464.04629920.7
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691464.46839993.5
 
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