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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 “choosing” 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.

48 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
choosing14201013(None) 
chousing14259421chousing
chowsing17217341chowsing
chasing133715892ch_asing
cheesing14349412cheesing
chocking204011012chocking
choiring14279792choiring
choking173911942ch_oking
chomping18339882chomping
choosier1337172choosier
chopping183710262chopping
chording15410152chording
choring133617662ch_oring
chorusing15246112chorusing
chowing164412772ch_owing
chroming163410722chroming
closing103114842c_losing
cohosting1546322cohosting
cohousing1535282cohousing
cooing94024922c_oo_ing
cooking143818972c_ooking
cooling103422572c_ooling
cooping123918932c_ooping
crooking153611342crooking
crooning113112112crooning
crossing112612682crossing
goosing93314082_goosing
hoising113414412_hoising
hooding123815202_hooding
hoofing143912552_hoofing
hooking153716692_hooking
hooping133615702_hooping
hooting113919882_hooting
horsing113215582_horsing
hosing103421102_h_osing
housing113316522_housing
loosing83515962_loosing
noosing83315052_noosing
rechoosing1645372rechoosing
roosing84018132_roosing
schmoosing1843142schmoosing
schooling1546942schooling
shooing112112912shoo_ing
shooling123012562shooling
shooting122812862shooting
whoofing18234832whoofing
whooping17286632whooping
whooshing1943212whooshing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059483.18637997.2
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691483.60949512.6
 
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