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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 “harbingering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

28 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
harbingering195160(None) 
harbinger1544123harbinger___
harbingered1851493harbinger_ed
harbingers1643943harbinger__s
malingering1563193ma_lingering
warmongering1951583warmongering
angering102113804_a___ngering
barbering14229684barb___ering
befingering1843134_befingering
bingeing12237644___binge_ing
carpentering1753014carpentering
dangering12239304da___ngering
fingering1439194___fingering
garnering11298084gar__n_ering
gingering1238874___gingering
hangaring1438034ha___ngaring
hankering17239384ha___nkering
haranguing1543114har_ang_uing
harboring1538264harb___oring
harbouring1643604harb__ouring
hindering14310274h___indering
hungering14187684h___ungering
lingering11310514___lingering
partnering1345554par_tn_ering
springeing1444374spr_inge_ing
strangering1345184str_angering
triggering1343884_tr_iggering
warmongerings2061054warmongerings

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790286.25019966.4
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.65626846.6
 
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