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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 “meaning” 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.

126 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
meaning10391870(None) 
beaning103820681beaning
deaning94020471deaning
leaning83721201leaning
meanings11329161meanings
moaning103714441moaning
weaning114117191weaning
yeaning113814631yeaning
baning95127832_baning
beading113221862beading
beaming123618802beaming
bearing103624772bearing
beating104326872beating
bemeaning1436192bemeaning
caning94128622_caning
ceasing104118262ceasing
cleaning113112382cleaning
craning103620302craning
dealing94323232dealing
deaving123814752deaving
demeaning1337242demeaning
denning93515172denning
eanling81416672_eanling
earing75235482_earing
earning83418212_earning
easing74926462_easing
eating75134402_eating
fearing113520032fearing
feasing113916652feasing
feazing205411442feazing
gearing92818842gearing
gleaning10269322gleaning
heading122919112heading
healing113922962healing
heaping133015852heaping
hearing113324162hearing
heating114024322heating
heaving144114762heaving
keening123713152keening
kenning124010542kenning
kerning124010892kerning
leading93419552leading
leafing113313582leafing
leaking123616972leaking
leanings94010182leanings
leaping103215992leaping
learning978552learning
leasing83920162leasing
leaving114216852leaving
loaning83614832loaning
macing114221552m_acing
making134823852m_aking
manning103616382manning
mating94832912m_ating
mawing124020802m_awing
maxing164817072m_axing
maying124421152m_aying
mazing184418972m_azing
meanie83718392meani_e
meanies93620742meanies
meaningly1546412meaningly
medaling121912262medaling
meeting103314962meeting
melanin9310892melanin_
melanins10310382melanins
melding113414272melding
melling102822622melling
melting103317752melting
menacing1339782menacing
mending114018682mending
meninx1538702me_ninx
mensing103915102mensing
meouing1059202meouing
meowing1368592meowing
merging112711762merging
meshing134513812meshing
messing103916392messing
metaling111613722metaling
meting94320592me_ting
metring103215292metring
mewing123914202me_wing
mewling13329512mewling
mining94225452m_ining
moating104218152moating
mooning103415552mooning
morning103215042morning
nearing83020332nearing
omening10310092ome_ning
peacing124117072peacing
peaking144317692peaking
pealing104123202pealing
peening103318302peening
peining104619152peining
penning103616492penning
planing103418252planing
reading93327212reading
reaming103924012reaming
reaping103621212reaping
rearing83128782rearing
reaving113820532reaving
recaning111416692recaning
reining84425322reining
saning75127642_saning
sealing83528562sealing
seaming103222112seaming
searing83330922searing
seating84130682seating
seining84020772seining
smearing113511752smearing
speaning113512242speaning
staning83922242staning
teaming103917592teaming
tearing84021492tearing
teasing83918512teasing
unmeaning1237952unmeaning
vealing114217422vealing
veining114713892veining
waning103623802_waning
weanling12118642weanling
wearing113318862wearing
weaving143211622weaving
weening114113972weening
yealing112716382yealing
yeanling12107062yeanling
yearning1296982yearning
yenning11369492yenning

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit1076711262.98336094.9
3Display Results1261260.0462739.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911263.42252218.3
 
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