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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 “desisting” 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.

30 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
desisting11281038(None) 
delisting112710501delisting
resisting103215311resisting
assisting1046182assisting
bemisting1438072bemisting
debiting122511202debi_ting
degusting1236162degusting
dehiscing1643732dehiscing
demasting1338452demasting
demising122012522demis_ing
demitting13239072demitting
depicting1537812depicting
desalting1138842desalting
deserting11713142deserting
designing1236622designing
desiring10312142desi_ring
despising13167502despis_ing
despiting13179322despiting
detesting112610322detesting
devesting14249902devesting
deviating14311082deviating
devising133111522devis_ing
existing1639072_existing
heisting123411042he_isting
insisting1038822insisting
persisting1346652persisting
relisting102414352relisting
resifting133512092resifting
resiting93521122resi_ting
resitting103414872resitting

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436303.65633215.5
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.07543850.6
 
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