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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 “plaining” 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.

46 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
plaining11391155(None) 
paining103920241p_aining
plaiting113113511plaiting
planing103418251pla_ning
planning113610221planning
alining81917042al_ining
braining113414682braining
chaining142810782chaining
claiming13279302claiming
draining103312672draining
eloining9310442eloining
explaining2044302explaining
flailing12298922flailing
gaining94015662_gaining
glairing1047282glairing
graining102813182graining
lairing83715342_lairing
lining74526802_l_ining
paiking143814812p_aiking
painting113614422p_ainting
pairing103716732p_airing
panning104019392p_anning
patining11312302patining
pawning134711412p_awning
peining104619152p_eining
pining93726532p__ining
placing123815282pla_cing
plaguing1236032plaguing
plainsong1241962plainsong
plaitings12296242plaitings
planking153513012planking
plannings12325452plannings
planting113515382planting
plashing143311062plashing
plating103823072pla_ting
platting114813032platting
playing133816092pla_ying
plinking153611242pl_inking
praising113214562praising
prawning1446962prawning
raining83922692_raining
saining83621392_saining
splining11310772spl_ining
spraining1248152spraining
staining9413372staining
training93015862training

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 Limit121059463.36036029.5
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691463.76647448.5
 
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