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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 “helloing” 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.

45 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
helloing1215912(None) 
halloing121510071halloing
helling114623221hell_ing
hilloing12158301hilloing
holloing12148821holloing
hulloing12146701hulloing
belling103825072bell_ing
bellowing1547192bellowing
bellying14359072bellying
celling103921262cell_ing
felling113321132fell_ing
fellowing1655922fellowing
gelling93219762gell_ing
halloaing1387032halloaing
hallooing1366342hallooing
hallowing1676942hallowing
haloing113814132h_aloing
healing113922962heal_ing
heeling113618512heel_ing
heiling113616362heil_ing
hellion10311132hellion_
hellions11310022hellions
helming133712002he_lming
helping133512222he_lping
helving144011132he_lving
hilling113821772hill_ing
hilloaing1375432hilloaing
hollaing12167092hollaing
holloaing1385792holloaing
hollooing1385362hollooing
hollowing1675932hollowing
hulling113619012hull_ing
hulloaing1384522hulloaing
hullooing1383992hullooing
jelling153516612jell_ing
jellying19306172jellying
melling102822622mell_ing
mellowing1545892mellowing
nielloing1043892nielloing
selling83225832sell_ing
shelling123515212shell_ing
telling83321082tell_ing
welling112920312well_ing
yelling113516702yell_ing
yellowing1655072yellowing

Search took 4 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 Limit121059453.48334757.1
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.88945947.8
 
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