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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 “worsting” 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.

44 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
worsting126768(None) 
boasting113512502boasting
boosting113311052boosting
borating113414502borating
bursting1138702bursting
coasting113615512coasting
corseting12312172corseting
costing104323022co_sting
foisting122910502foisting
foresting13311362foresting
frosting12311182frosting
hoisting123610902hoisting
horsing113215582hors_ing
hosting114318382ho_sting
joisting16328502joisting
jousting16309352jousting
orating83520322_orating
ousting84021352_ousting
porting103021782por_ting
posting105622242po_sting
roasting93012702roasting
roosting93411462roosting
rousting93913272rousting
sorting83221812sor_ting
toasting93410582toasting
waisting123615212waisting
warsling12198592warsling
warstling1335062warstling
wasting114422842w_asting
westing115020272w_esting
whisting15329542whisting
wisting113519742w_isting
wonting113214102wo_nting
wooshing1536682wooshing
wording123014562wor_ding
working153813252wor_king
worming132811242wor_ming
worriting1345552worriting
worrying1534702worrying
worsening1345552worsening
worthing15178052worthing
wotting112913842wo_tting
wresting123811832wresting
writing113713892w_riting

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059443.37335890.6
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.79547085.9
 
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