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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 “severing” 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.

55 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
severing12201385(None) 
fevering152510081fevering
levering122212501levering
revering122918071revering
sewering122411091sewering
beavering1538702beavering
beveling143011032beveling
covering142215722covering
develing133212732develing
evening11310222_evening
everting122213132_everting
havering152211052havering
hovering151911142hovering
jeering153513042je_ering
leering83417642le_ering
leveeing12265962leveeing
leveling122910432leveling
livering122012382livering
metering112915632metering
overing111918052_overing
peering103520352pe_ering
petering112516812petering
reveling123117082reveling
reverbing15248592reverbing
reversing132611482reversing
reverting132315132reverting
sabering112113742sabering
savoring1269482savoring
searing83330922se_aring
seceding12288562seceding
secerning1246202secerning
securing11310412securing
seeding93719482se_eding
seeing74222142se_e_ing
seeking124016062se_eking
seeling83522002se_eling
seeming103216262se_eming
seeping103817912se_eping
sering74731812s__ering
severity1446972severity
sheering123715102sheering
shivering1637332shivering
silvering1337922silvering
skewering1744632skewering
slavering1338722slavering
slivering1338082slivering
sneering93414502sneering
sobering111912782sobering
speering113116322speering
sphering142811942sphering
spiering112713352spiering
steering93916792steering
supering11317682supering
veering113213682ve_ering
wavering152410542wavering

Search took 5 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 Limit121059553.84331501.2
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691554.26341916.7
 
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