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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 “sampling” 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.

36 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
sampling1351064(None) 
samplings1435551samplings
sapling103217861sa_pling
ambling121411792_ambling
amping114317572_amp_ing
camping143118972camp_ing
damping133414002damp_ing
dappling1436842dappling
dimpling14199022dimpling
dumpling14217892dumpling
exampling2143552exampling
gambling14218962gambling
lamping123116002lamp_ing
rambling131810772rambling
ramping123316872ramp_ing
resampling1544332resampling
rimpling13219662rimpling
rumpling13178762rumpling
saddling11239592saddling
sailing83927372sa_iling
sambaing1337112sambaing
sandling102214412sandling
saplings11269802sa_plings
sapping123519312sa_pping
scamping153510192scamp_ing
shambling1735592shambling
smiling103915442s_miling
stamping133310962stamp_ing
stapling112813152stapling
suppling1359042suppling
swamping16307922swamp_ing
tamping122815812tamp_ing
trampling1436972trampling
vamping152810232vamp_ing
wambling16198442wambling
wimpling16207482wimpling

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059363.39035710.6
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.79647073.5
 
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