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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 “metring” 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.

77 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
metring10321529(None) 
metering112915631metering
meting94320591met_ing
mitring103514141mitring
bearing103624772bearing
betting103921402betting
centring112112952centring
cering94522532ce_ring
earing75235482_earing
erring73816482_erring
fearing113520032fearing
feting104417792fet_ing
fetting113517872fetting
gearing92818842gearing
getting93316562getting
hearing113324162hearing
heiring113312902heiring
herring113615882herring
jeering153513042jeering
jetting153815342jetting
leering83417642leering
letting83218532letting
marring103319552marring
marting103325012marting
mating94832912mat_ing
matting103620142matting
maturing1139952maturing
meaning103918702meaning
meeting103314962meeting
melding113414272melding
melling102822622melling
melting103317752melting
mending114018682mending
mensing103915102mensing
mentoring1239542mentoring
meouing1059202meouing
meowing1368592meowing
merging112711762merging
merino8315092me_rino
meshing134513812meshing
messing103916392messing
metaling111613722metaling
metric10314672metri_c
metrics11312362metrics
metrify1535622metrify
metrist9317062metrist
mewing123914202me_wing
mewling13329512mewling
miring93723802m_iring
mitering113015402mitering
mooring102514442mooring
motoring11410952motoring
muring95120372m_uring
muting93921522mut_ing
nearing83020332nearing
netting84018762netting
outring84021022outring
peering103520352peering
petering112516812petering
petting103720952petting
rearing83128782rearing
restring91518782restring
retiring92717412retiring
retrying122410452retrying
retting83425882retting
retying113213832retying
searing83330922searing
sering74731812se_ring
setting83621392setting
smearing113511752smearing
string75327562_string
tearing84021492tearing
veering113213682veering
vetoing11309052vetoing
vetting114216562vetting
wearing113318862wearing
wetting114117382wetting

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671772.90637051.3
3Display Results77770.0332333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691773.31253952.6
 
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