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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 “drying” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

112 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
drying11341160(None) 
crying123612281crying
draying123813841draying
dying105316031d_ying
frying134511401frying
prying124114801prying
trying104214071trying
wrying13379621wrying
abying124410412abying
arcing95819642arcing
arming94719802arming
baying125222582baying
braying134416312braying
bring85528502br_ing
burying133413912burying
buying124213832buying
coying124021482coying
dairying1336352dairying
daring84928682daring
darking134217342darking
darling93418362darling
darning93817332darning
darting94020662darting
dating85326482dating
dawing114819822dawing
dazing175516512dazing
decrying15237412decrying
defying15328822defying
deking125614552deking
denying123711292denying
dewing114115702dewing
dicing105718762dicing
dieing84018652dieing
diking124320242diking
ding66940952d__ing
dining84525132dining
dirking133812602dirking
dirling93316072dirling
dirtying1336092dirtying
diving113717952diving
doing74923582d_oing
doling84923132doling
doming104218392doming
doping103919462doping
dosing83920272dosing
doting84821912doting
dowing114221512dowing
dozing174214192dozing
drain65222892drain_
drains73719402drains
draping114213352draping
drawing123812052drawing
dreeing94311182dreeing
drink106816382dr_ink
driving123910712driving
droning93013722droning
droving12379682droving
dryish1336322dryish
duding93913322duding
duking124715132duking
duping104113632duping
during84419402during
durning93511732durning
dyeing11428212dyeing
dyings11478132d_yings
dyking15458012dyking
eddying1335292eddying
erring73816482erring
eying96117922_eying
faying134521072faying
flying134612152flying
fraying143413432fraying
graying124115882graying
greying124110892greying
guying11379722guying
gyring113910362gyring
haying134420612haying
hying126514742_hying
iring66025422ir_ing
irking114611752irking
joying173810802joying
jurying18337762jurying
keying1438042keying
laying104525702laying
lying95717452_lying
maying124421152maying
orbing93312362orbing
paying123722162paying
plying124312082plying
praying133717322praying
preying133114552preying
raying105027192raying
redrying13209022redrying
ring56541152_r_ing
ruing67221052_ruing
ryking14348112_ryking
saying104325542saying
scrying1338662scrying
shying134211842shying
skying14399982skying
spying123913252spying
stying105414572stying
toying105017302toying
truing73913932truing
tying96019842_tying
tyring104613022tyring
updrying1534012updrying
urging83413122urging
urping93914052urping
varying1429722varying
vying125111812_vying
wring95920712wr_ing

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511122.37634743.7
3Display Results1121120.0303733.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911122.76664602.7
 
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