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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 “looking” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

145 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
looking12341504(None) 
booking143618381booking
cooking143818971cooking
hooking153716691hooking
locking143718151locking
looing73621041loo_ing
looming102814851looming
looping103615281looping
loosing83515961loosing
looting83019641looting
rooking123517361rooking
blocking174510572blocking
blooding122410652blooding
blooming13299432blooming
blooping13248842blooping
bonking144116372bonking
boobing123613912boobing
booing94521642boo_ing
bookings15358732bookings
booming123716222booming
booting103821362booting
boozing194012162boozing
borking144716172borking
broking143514822broking
brooking153710702brooking
choking173911942choking
cloaking15299712cloaking
clocking174312412clocking
clonking153810152clonking
cocking163619982cocking
coking134523882_coking
conking143618452conking
cooing94024922coo_ing
cookings15358602cookings
cooling103422572cooling
cooping123918932cooping
corking143018822corking
crooking153611342crooking
docking153615012docking
dooming113112532dooming
evoking1536412evoking
flocking183410872flocking
flooding13238962flooding
flooring12259882flooring
fooling113117372fooling
footing115017592footing
forking154014842forking
glooming12358012glooming
goofing123510632goofing
goosing93314082goosing
hocking173417242hocking
hoking144419512_hoking
holking153512312holking
honking153414792honking
hooding123815202hooding
hoofing143912552hoofing
hooping133615702hooping
hooting113919882hooting
howking183610312howking
joking184113022_joking
jouking19307612jouking
konking113510212konking
lacking143821542lacking
laking115027042l_aking
larking123718252larking
leaking123616972leaking
lekking11306502lekking
licking144118282licking
liking114319582l_iking
linking123818252linking
loading94114612loading
loafing11319792loafing
loaming103613732loaming
loaning83614832loaning
lobbing123110912lobbing
locoing102810972locoing
lodging103110812lodging
lofting113311312lofting
logging103316812logging
loiding93313402loiding
lolling83415782lolling
longing93915782longing
lookism1335912lookism
lookist1139562lookist
loping93921412l_oping
lopping123815222lopping
lording93115232lording
losing74022872l_osing
lotting82917752lotting
louping104313982louping
louring83916502louring
lousing83817732lousing
louting83719382louting
loving104416722l_oving
lowing104623272l_owing
loxing143615272l_oxing
lucking143615832lucking
lurking123710852lurking
mocking163614452mocking
mooing93718372moo_ing
mooning103415552mooning
mooring102514442mooring
mooting103019362mooting
nocking143615112nocking
nooning83014852nooning
noosing83315052noosing
onlooking1444452onlooking
oohing104412932_oohing
oozing163812202_oozing
plonking15358562plonking
pocking163916762pocking
poking133819302_poking
poohing133112322poohing
pooing93820682poo_ing
pooling103219092pooling
pooping123615442pooping
porking143515812porking
relooking14167142relooking
rocking143619632rocking
roofing113814352roofing
rooming104117042rooming
roosing84018132roosing
rooting83522432rooting
smoking143210522smoking
snooking133010582snooking
soaking123116612soaking
socking143518602socking
sooting82820962sooting
spoking143212222spoking
spooking15269802spooking
stoking123615592stoking
stooking132711142stooking
toking114420722_toking
tooling82918312tooling
tooting83019422tooting
troking123514102troking
wooding123012022wooding
woofing14349892woofing
wooing104214662woo_ing
working153813252working
yocking173712372yocking
yoking143912282_yoking
zonking21359112zonking
zooming19269652zooming
zooning172910702zooning

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1076711453.43631336.1
3Display Results1451450.0502900.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911453.89245912.4
 
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