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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 “broiling” 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.

47 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
broiling11311201(None) 
boiling103819671b_oiling
brailing113514791brailing
roiling83220451_roiling
bailing103723522b_ailing
bolling103820882b_olling
boodling121910242boodling
bowling133916492b_owling
braiding123112702braiding
brailling1247772brailling
braining113414682braining
braising113014562braising
brawling143210042brawling
bribing123111042br_ibing
bridling122610582bridling
brining103216472br_ining
brisling112410842brisling
broking143514822bro_king
bromizing2346582bromizing
bronzing2037692bronzing
brooding122911372brooding
brooking153710702brooking
brooming132911142brooming
browning14299642browning
browsing14319352browsing
bruising11279142bruising
bruiting11259972bruiting
coiling103723452_coiling
drolling103510762drolling
drooling102610422drooling
embroiling1544542embroiling
foiling113317652_foiling
groining102310632groining
growling1348162growling
moiling103417662_moiling
oiling74925312__oiling
profiling1548232profiling
prowling1449992prowling
railing83325642_railing
reoiling93217212reoiling
riling74227972_r_iling
rolling83620412_rolling
soiling83422322_soiling
spoiling112911552spoiling
toiling83219022_toiling
trailing92916092trailing
trolling93212492trolling

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059473.68632842.9
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691474.09243668.4
 
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