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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 “valving” 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.

58 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
valving1436855(None) 
calving134113501calving
halving143511541halving
salving113913151salving
valuing11298841valuing
alvine94614582_alvine
balding114015062balding
baling94829692bal_ing
balking143717352balking
balling104424762balling
calking144617782calking
calling103826772calling
calming123915972calming
carving133916772carving
caving124822612ca_ving
delving123711572delving
evolving1533432evolving
falling113621582falling
galling93921962galling
haling104229782hal_ing
haloing113814132haloing
halting114419072halting
having134220372ha_ving
helving144011132helving
lalling83519622lalling
laving104623572la_ving
malling103623662malling
malting103219082malting
paling93530132pal_ing
palling104024482palling
palming123914012palming
palping124112872palping
paving124519742pa_ving
raving105128852ra_ving
salting84120792salting
salvoing1236422salvoing
saving104724512sa_ving
slaving113514832slaving
solving112910852solving
talcing103111632talcing
talking123815822talking
vailing113817942vailing
valeting1238842valeting
valine94623092val_ine
vamping152810232vamping
vanning113912462vanning
varying1429722varying
vatting113614852vatting
vaulting12227222vaulting
vealing114217422veal_ing
vialing113614162vial_ing
vialling1237222vialling
voling103918022vol_ing
waiving14329632waiving
waling104525302wal_ing
walking154013302walking
walling113520972walling
waving134018202wa_ving

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671582.92036873.6
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691583.31253952.6
 
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