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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 “wooshing” 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.

31 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
wooshing153668(None) 
swooshing1643881swooshing
whooshing1943211whooshing
boosting113311052boosting
coshing134316432_coshing
goosing93314082goos_ing
joshing18519412_joshing
loosing83515962loos_ing
mooching16259062mooching
moshing134214882_moshing
noosing83315052noos_ing
noshing114612772_noshing
oohing104412932_oo_hing
pooching16328982pooching
poohing133112322poo_hing
roosing84018132roos_ing
roosting93411462roosting
sloshing12258822sloshing
smooshing1534792smooshing
soothing12269972soothing
toothing12278862toothing
washing145119282w_ashing
welshing15296522welshing
whishing18287182whishing
wishing144114892w_ishing
wooding123012022woo_ding
woofing14349892woo_fing
wooing104214662woo__ing
woopsing1435632woopsing
worsting1267682worsting
worthing15178052worthing

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059313.53034294.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.92245561.2
 
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