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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 “pleasuring” 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.

35 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
pleasuring134350(None) 
measuring1236122_measuring
pleasing112611592pleas__ing
preassuring1443822preassuring
pressuring1346512pressuring
treasuring1144702treasuring
admeasuring1551613admeasuring
blearing113111943blea__ring
censuring1237603_censuring
clearing113014883clea__ring
closuring1255173cl_osuring
ensuring9310173__ensuring
featuring1337323_featuring
leaguering1243813_leaguering
leaguing1035343_leagu_ing
leashing123310313_leas_hing
leasing83920163_leas__ing
lecturing1237303_lecturing
pasturing1238433p__asturing
perduring1336013p_erduring
perjuring1944923p_erjuring
plaguing1236033pl_agu_ing
plashing143311063pl_as_hing
plastering1339243pl_astering
pleaching17257083plea_ching
pleading123011443plea__ding
pleasure1045543pleasur__e
pleasured1244193pleasur_ed
pleasures1145573pleasur_es
pleating112916053plea__ting
precuring1439423pre_curing
premeasuring1752063premeasuring
presuming1437663pre_suming
reassuring1155943_reassuring
remeasuring1442863remeasuring

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603356.37622051.9
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.79526297.4
 
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