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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 “pettings” 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.

52 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
pettings1134970(None) 
nettings9288101nettings
petting103720951petting_
pittings11349121pittings
settings93810071settings
wettings12348401wettings
battings114010572battings
beatings114113232beatings
beltings11369252beltings
betting103921402betting_
bittings11339292bittings
cuttings11277612cuttings
eatings84616442_eatings
feltings12317902feltings
fetting113517872fetting_
fettlings1353752fettlings
fittings12318202fittings
getting93316562getting_
jestings16368022jestings
jetting153815342jetting_
jottings16275192jottings
letting83218532letting_
mattings11369672mattings
meetings11287412meetings
netting84018762netting_
nuttings9276782nuttings
partings113513732partings
patting103722342patting_
pectines121914682pectines
pectins112315232pectin_s
peelings11339522peelings
pelting102917272pelting_
pettifogs1542022pettifogs
pettiness1178702pettiness
pettling1168212pettling_
pitting103618872pitting_
platings113611362platings
postings112912302postings
potting103720892potting_
putting103218572putting_
retting83425882retting_
seatings93614302seatings
setting83621392setting_
settlings1054682settlings
sittings9339732sittings
tattings9408822tattings
vestings12359142vestings
vetting114216562vetting_
weltings12388202weltings
westings12429802westings
wetting114117382wetting_
wittings12328732wittings

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059523.31336540.6
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.70248268.8
 
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