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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 “engraining” 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.

46 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
engraining124522(None) 
engrailing1244851engrailing
entraining1147641entraining
ingraining1245621ingraining
enchaining1644942enchaining
engining1039292eng__ining
engrafting1544182engrafting
engraving1446012engra_ving
graining102813182__graining
bargaining1445213bargaining
braining113414683__braining
detraining1267673detraining
draining103312673__draining
energising1245233energising
energizing2145373energizing
enframing1546113enfra_ming
engaging1147373eng_a_ging
engrain838353engra__in_
engrained1145493engrain_ed
engrains937583engra__ins
engravings1542503engra_vings
engrossing12124643engrossing
enjoining1745053en_joining
enplaning1246803enpla_ning
enraging1049573en_ra_ging
enshrining1464613enshrining
entailing1039393en_tailing
entertaining1354383entertaining
entrancing1346783entrancing
entrapping1544873entrapping
entwining1345423en_twining
enwrapping1842693enwrapping
explaining2044303explaining
gaining94015663__g_aining
groining102310633__groining
ingrafting1544893ingrafting
raining83922693___raining
refraining1437263refraining
regaining112411083reg_aining
restraining1247533restraining
retraining11310243retraining
spraining1248153_spraining
straining10410563_straining
training93015863__training
unbraiding1445123unbraiding
unchaining1645693unchaining

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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603466.78320728.7
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691467.26624592.8
 
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