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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 “bridging” 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.

44 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
bridging1328844(None) 
abridging1443851abridging
bridgings14254291bridgings
bridling122610581bridling
bringing123011271bringing
ridging104112981_ridging
badging123712792b_adging
bidding123613512b_idding
biding104720792b_id_ing
bigging122815882b_igging
bilging114212682b_ilging
binging113619382b_inging
birding114014922bird_ing
bludging13297462bludging
bradding13268932bradding
bragging13359332bragging
braiding123112702braid_ing
bribing123111042bri_bing
bricking173911402bricking
briefing1436942briefing
brimming15196622brimming
brining103216472bri_ning
brisking15329472brisking
brisling112410842brisling
budging124313022b_udging
cringing123311382cringing
dredging12236422dredging
drudging12256232drudging
fidging133910502_fidging
frigging14268952frigging
fringing133010902fringing
griding103014972grid_ing
grudging12255992grudging
priding113317542prid_ing
prigging13299092prigging
ridding103314192_ridding
ridgling11258202_ridgling
riding84325962_rid_ing
rigging103016332_rigging
ringing93521282_ringing
triaging102610542triaging
trigging11299582trigging
trudging11266442trudging
wringing13279622wringing

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059443.37635858.7
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.76547461.1
 
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