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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 “tarmacking” 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
tarmacking194423(None) 
barracking1944712barracking
carjacking2643542carjacking
earmarking1743582earmarking
tracking153715462t_r_acking
arcking145811963_ar__cking
attacking1635323_attacking
carjackings2751633carjackings
cracking174013903_cr_acking
damasking1744603da_masking
garlicking1843053garlicking
lawmaking1943943lawma_king
mammocking2052393mammocking
mapmaking2044623mapma_king
parbaking1877203parba_king
partaking1698673parta_king
racking144323663__r_acking
ransacking1744423ransacking
reracking1639313rer_acking
smacking173510763__smacking
tacking144421483t___acking
talcking1567083ta__lcking
tarmacked1843773tarmack_ed
terracing1237703terrac_ing
thacking183110043t__hacking
thwacking2253193t_hwacking
tictacking19113313tictacking
tracing103720153t_r_ac_ing
trackings16247543t_r_ackings
traiking132511973t_r_aiking
tricking152714513t_r_icking
troaking133310973t_roa_king
trocking153612423t_r_ocking
trucking153310163t_r_ucking
wracking18349963_wr_acking

Search took 8 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 Limit140603356.67321070.4
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.09225196.1
 
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