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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 “verging” 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.

66 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
verging12381230(None) 
merging112711761merging
serging93416671serging
vegging13308871vegging
venging123710941venging
versing112314191versing
avenging1345862avenging
averaging1446502averaging
averring12239062averring
averting122512732averting
barging114018482barging
begging123012652begging
berming123614832berming
cering94522532cer_ing
diverging15226692diverging
edging93510712_edging
egging93210982_egging
emerging1237892emerging
erring73816482_erring
everting122213132everting
forging124114722forging
gorging102611362gorging
gurging102910112gurging
hedging13348952hedging
herding122915122herding
herring113615882herring
jerking19308922jerking
kedging14357562kedging
kegging14328292kegging
kerbing14308482kerbing
kerfing15307532kerfing
kerning124010892kerning
legging103912642legging
nerving112910832nerving
overing111918052over_ing
parging113318602parging
pegging122811132pegging
perking143716462perking
perming123416092perming
purging113314182purging
sergings10299212sergings
sering74731812ser_ing
serving113014982serving
surging93115432surging
terming104016002terming
urging83413122_urging
varying1429722varying
vealing114217422vealing
veering113213682veering
veiling113615292veiling
veining114713892veining
vending124015262vending
venting114218092venting
verdin103113022verdin_
verdins112812332verdins
vermin113414522vermin_
versine102515172versine
vesting114618682vesting
vetoing11309052vetoing
vetting114216562vetting
vexing17479172ve_xing
virgin1038082virgin_
virgins1137862virgins
wedging13308722wedging
yerking15368812yerking
zeroing1738342zeroing

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671663.76628590.3
3Display Results66660.0135076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691664.13943172.5
 
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