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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 “differing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

99 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
differing174647(None) 
niffering1645131niffering
buffering1835222buffering
coffering1838042coffering
diapering1339032diapering
dickering1737462dickering
different1646172different
diffusing1743852diffusing
dithering1499852dithering
goffering1744482goffering
offering1536392_offering
pilfering1536392pilfering
suffering1637292suffering
bickering1837663bickering
biffing163510013biff__ing
bittering122511993bittering
buffeting1843783buffeting
chaffering22104643chaffering
cindering13311223cindering
ciphering17217703ciphering
coiffuring1942573coiffuring
dackering1737383dackering
daffing15369733daff__ing
daggering13246113daggering
daikering1536103daikering
dandering122511063dandering
dangering12239303dangering
deafening1476273deafening
deferring1436143deferring
defleaing1444743defleaing
defueling14255093defueling
diademing1454323diademing
dieing84018653di__e_ing
dieseling1146143dieseling
dieting93616833di__eting
differ133910843differ___
differed1635523differ_ed
difference1955023difference
differencing2252633differencing
differs14339973differ__s
discerning1447863discerning
dispersing1449303dispersing
disserting121310853disserting
disserving15117013disserving
diverging15226693di_verging
diverting142410333di_verting
dizening19177143di_zening
doddering1335183doddering
doffing15357793doff__ing
dowering132510613d_owering
filtering13199723filtering
fingering1439193fingering
gauffering1842453gauffering
gibbering1534713gibbering
gingering1238873gingering
gofferings1842223gofferings
hindering14310273hindering
inferring1338613_inferring
inhering12913713_inhering
jiggering1934303jiggering
jittering17218423jittering
kippering18205443kippering
limbering1488793limbering
lingering11310513lingering
lippering14217883lippering
littering102411983littering
livering122012383li_vering
miffing16298403miff__ing
misfiring1536973misfiring
mitering113015403mi_tering
nickering1636573nickering
niddering1255323niddering
nidering10510483ni_dering
offerings1643653_offerings
piffling1745133piff_ling
proffering1943773proffering
reoffering1744093reoffering
riffing144011273riff__ing
riffling1556113riff_ling
silvering1337923silvering
simmering1467823simmering
simpering1449293simpering
sintering101014803sintering
sistering101213753sistering
stiffening1742113stiffening
sufferings1743233sufferings
telfering1336253telfering
tiering8315253ti__ering
tiffing14339383tiff__ing
tiffining1642913tiffining
tillering1037883tillering
timbering14117723timbering
tinkering1437703tinkering
tittering102310313tittering
wafering15208893_wafering
wildering1456743wildering
wintering13412363wintering
withering16108813withering
zippering23215203zippering

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641996.81321817.3
3Display Results99990.0462152.2
 (SQL Overall)178691997.01525472.7
 
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