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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 “harbouring” 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.

30 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
harbouring164360(None) 
harboring1538261harbo_ring
armouring1244982_armouring
labouring1236212la_bouring
tabouring1245722ta_bouring
tambouring1543802tambouring
abjuring1834883_a_bjuring
armoring1149123_armo_ring
arousing93811803_ar_ousing
barbering14229683barb_ering
carousing1237893car_ousing
favouring1644023fa_vouring
hachuring1845123ha_churing
hamboning1745893hambo_ning
harbour1247053harbour___
harboured1544313harbour_ed
harbours1346923harbour__s
hardwiring1842223hardwiring
harpooning1644483harpooning
harrowing1646433harro_wing
honouring1336883h_onouring
humouring1544553h_umouring
laboring112110143la_bo_ring
parboiling1545173parboiling
savouring1335193sa_vouring
taboring113010193ta_bo_ring
tambourin1363613tambourin_
tambourine1453133tambourine
tambourins1443483tambourins
vapouring1544653va_pouring

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.830215290.4
2DLD Change Limit140603307.82617966.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.67220605.5
 
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