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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 “ransacking” 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
ransacking174442(None) 
transacting1446522transacting
anticking1649243_anticking
attacking1635323_attacking
barracking1944713barracking
carjacking2643543carjacking
hopsacking2242533hopsacking
knacking14296713_kn_acking
manacling1446283man_acling
massacring1543593massacring
pancaking1836383panca_king
panicking1835293pan_icking
racking144323663r___acking
rainmaking1743973rainma_king
ranching141712043ran__ching
ranking124320883ran___king
ransack1346463ransack___
ransacked1643843ransack_ed
ransacker1543963ransack_er
ransackers1643343ransackers
ransacks1445773ransack__s
ransoming1256513rans_oming
reattacking1843303reattacking
repacking1838283r_epacking
reracking1639313r_eracking
restacking1737183restacking
retacking1658973r_etacking
retracking1738163retracking
sacking144122703___sacking
snacking153411703_sn_acking
tarmacking1944233tarmacking
transecting1447373transecting
unpacking1835133_unpacking
unstacking1744993_unstacking
untacking1636643_untacking

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603356.28322378.3
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691356.71626606.8
 
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