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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 “marrying” 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.

34 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
marrying1415722(None) 
carrying14148371carrying
harrying15157641harrying
marring103319551marr_ing
parrying14168131parrying
tarrying12146721tarrying
arraying1238752_arraying
barring104021592barr_ing
berrying14137372berrying
currying14196492currying
dairying1336352dairying
earring83519012earr_ing
ferrying15146242ferrying
garring93116712garr_ing
herrying15147022herrying
hurrying15145532hurrying
jarring153613192jarr_ing
marbling13179882marbling
marching164312192marching
marking144020132ma_rking
marling103322762ma_rling
marrowing1546662marrowing
marting103325012ma_rting
martyring1535782martyring
maying124421152ma__ying
parring103222062parr_ing
partying14168892partying
quarrying2273732quarrying
remarrying1643372remarrying
serrying12167692serrying
tarring83318302tarr_ing
varying1429722va_rying
warring113717972warr_ing
worrying1534702worrying

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 Limit121059343.48334757.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.88945947.8
 
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