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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 “hoarding” 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.

44 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
hoarding1328864(None) 
boarding123110231boarding
hoardings14315111hoardings
hording123517051ho_rding
awarding1356042awarding
barding113822892_barding
bearding124011942bearding
boardings13296062boardings
carding113922432_carding
chording15410152cho_rding
cording113620822co_rding
farding123716742_farding
fording123717042fo_rding
goading103112852goa_ding
guarding1136522guarding
hading113922942h_a_ding
handing123518892h_anding
haring104233002h_ar_ing
harking154120942h_arking
harming133717932h_arming
harping134118382h_arping
hazarding2343402hazarding
heading122919112hea_ding
hearing113324162hear_ing
hearsing1239382hearsing
hearting12513122hearting
herding122915122h_erding
hoaxing18307762hoa_xing
holding123514282ho_lding
hooding123815202ho_oding
horning113015002ho_rning
horsing113215582ho_rsing
hounding132610052hounding
larding92917872_larding
loading94114612loa_ding
lording93115232lo_rding
oaring74225302_oar_ing
roaring82916002roar_ing
soaring83521892soar_ing
swarding1359002swarding
uphoarding1742722uphoarding
warding123918142_warding
wording123014562wo_rding
yarding123413142_yarding

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059443.32636397.8
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.73547842.3
 
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