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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 “weatherproofing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
weatherproofing277116(None) 
waterproofing2261992w_at_erproofing
waterproofings2371323w_at_erproofings
weatherproof2362043weatherproof___
weatherproofed2671343weatherproof_ed
weatherproofs2461773weatherproof__s
airproofing1771835__a__irproofing
flameproofing2461135fla_me_proofing
mothproofing2361555_moth__proofing
waterflooding21101395w_at_erflooding
waterproof1853535w_at_erproof___
waterproofed21142345w_at_erproof_ed
waterproofer20182505w_at_erproof_er
waterproofers21151995w_at_erproofers
waterproofs1953015w_at_erproof__s
weatherboarding2571305weatherboarding
weathering1798355weathe__r___ing
weatherizing2854355weathe__r_izing
weatherperson2161745weatherperso__n_
weatherpersons2271605weatherperso__ns
babyproofing256936_ba__byproofing
enterprising1554086_ent_erpr_ising
featherbedding25111436feather_bedding
featherbrain20122346featherbr__ain_
featherbrains21132246featherbr__ains
featheredging2261486feathe__redging
feathering17108796feathe__r___ing
fireproofing2151636__fire_proofing
leathering1488686leathe__r___ing
rainproofing1871456_ra__inproofing
rustproofing1851126rust___proofing
shatterproof2061236shatterproof___
waterfowling2251896w_at_er_fowling
waterlogging1851556w_at_er_logging
waterproofness227946w_at_erproofness
wearproof1753036wea___rproof___
weatherings1895266weathe__r___ings
weatherworn2052616weathe__rwo_rn_

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024387.61012486.7
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.98622375.5
 
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