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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 “motherings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

49 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
motherings1625564(None) 
mothering152110181mothering_
bothering152210202bothering_
gatherings15105292gatherings
motorings1245972mot_orings
pothering151911282pothering_
smothering1646012smothering_
athelings1345113_athelings
brothering1646033brothering_
cohering142413833co_hering_
coshering15510023coshering_
coverings15217893co_verings
dithering1499853dithering_
fathering161010093fathering_
featherings18105373featherings
gathering1499463gathering_
gofferings1842223gofferings
gutterings12224913gutterings
koshering1735363koshering_
lathering13912253lathering_
letterings11226003letterings
mattering122314053mattering_
metering112915633met_ering_
methedrines1753893methedrines
mitering113015403mit_ering_
modelings1335563mo_delings
moldering1367863moldering_
mongering13310353mongering_
moorings11257713mo__orings
moshings14367333mosh__ings
motherlands1752353motherlands
motherless1544093motherless
motherliness1753083motherliness
mothers123717623mother___s
motoring11410953mot_oring_
murthering1644473murthering_
muttering122611323muttering_
nothings12266683noth__ings
ochering14219393_ochering_
offerings1643653_offerings
pottering122612003pottering_
smatterings14103843smatterings
tethering1339133tethering_
tochering1537153tochering_
tottering10229613tottering_
waterings13229253wat_erings
weatherings1895263weatherings
withering16108813withering_
wuthering1697803wuthering_

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603496.67321070.4
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.12525079.4
 
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