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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 “toweringly” 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.

27 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
toweringly174343(None) 
totteringly1552552totteringly
towering122610872towering__
boringly1438403bo__ringly
bowering142911713bowering__
bowingly1735793bow__ingly
covetingly1944283covetingly
cowering142514043cowering__
dowering132510613dowering__
fleeringly1743723fleeringly
howlingly1944193how_lingly
jeeringly2045143_jeeringly
leeringly1345963_leeringly
lowering122210913lowering__
potteringly1762943potteringly
pouringly1545953po_uringly
powering142210803powering__
roaringly1336453ro_aringly
soaringly1337273so_aringly
teemingly1545073t_eemingly
tolerantly1353653tolerantly
touchingly1943063touchingly
toweling122910373toweling__
towelings13234693toweling_s
veeringly1645473_veeringly
waveringly2043723waveringly
wearingly1636413__wearingly

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 Limit140603275.86023993.7
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.27928458.5
 
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