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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 “clewing” 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.

60 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
clewing1335958(None) 
chewing163911141chewing
clawing133812671clawing
cleping123310421cleping
crewing133212631crewing
slewing113311351slewing
blawing134012752blawing
blowing133813052blowing
brewing133411152brewing
cawing124322612c_awing
ceding104014802c_eding
celling103921262celling
cering94522532c_ering
chawing164813032chawing
chefing16359032chefing
chewink19315112chewink
chowing164412772chowing
claying133614302claying
cleaning113112382cleaning
clearing113014882clearing
clearwing1533672clearwing
cleating113518142cleating
cleaving141389682cleaving
cleeking15267812cleeking
clefting14347582clefting
clerking15257162clerking
cling86424672cl__ing
cloning103215472cloning
closing103114842closing
clowning14307252clowning
cloying133511752cloying
clueing104110092clueing
cluing93913502cl_uing
cowing124526322c_owing
creping122913652creping
crowing133814762crowing
cueing94913612cue_ing
dewing114115702_dewing
flawing143812562flawing
fleeing113511292fleeing
flexing18358992flexing
fleying14329872fleying
flowing143411762flowing
gleying12318432gleying
glowing123211792glowing
hewing134514242_hewing
jewing174411422_jewing
lawing104625282_lawing
lowing104623272_lowing
mewing123914202_mewing
plowing133111722plowing
screwing14288232screwing
sewing103819622_sewing
shewing143812192shewing
skewing15318722skewing
slowing112814742slowing
spewing133110452spewing
stewing113412492stewing
tewing103914822_tewing
viewing1437072viewing

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671603.28032826.5
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.67248663.1
 
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