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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 “drilling” 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.

59 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
drilling10331198(None) 
drillings11285821drillings
drolling103510761drolling
frilling123011491frilling
grilling103811531grilling
prilling113413411prilling
rilling84023621_rilling
trilling92815961trilling
billing103823852_billing
brailling1247772brailling
bridling122610582bridling
brisling112410842brisling
chilling143512182chilling
devilling1436702devilling
dialing94318172d_ialing
dialling10310782dialling
dirling93316072d_irling
dolling93817372d_olling
drawling13318672drawling
dribbing14325882dribbing
dribbling1533712dribbling
drifting13338732drifting
drinking14308912drinking
dripping14278032dripping
driveling1445762driveling
drivelling1543982drivelling
driving123910712dri_ving
drizzling1943022drizzling
drooling102610422drooling
duelling103410732duelling
dulling93418272d_ulling
dwelling13368412dwelling
filling113520802_filling
frillings13265802frillings
gilling93520382_gilling
hilling113821772_hilling
killing123118722_killing
milling103223682_milling
nilling83619562_nilling
perilling12410002perilling
pilling103722562_pilling
quilling182510002quilling
redrilling1246072redrilling
rifling112815012_rifling
riling74227972_ri_ling
rolling83620412_rolling
shilling123315382shilling
shrilling13307692shrilling
skilling132911332skilling
spilling113113942spilling
stilling93415322stilling
swilling123511932swilling
thrilling13276692thrilling
tilling83522782_tilling
trifling122411502trifling
tripling112712552tripling
trolling93212492trolling
twilling12268672twilling
willing113821612_willing

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 Limit121059593.70332692.1
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691594.10943487.7
 
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