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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 “bantered” 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.

56 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
bantered11331365(None) 
bannered11299321bannered
banterer102811781banterer
bartered113113031bartered
battered113315071battered
cantered113415991cantered
altered83215752_altered
angered93013472_angered
anteed75616112_ante_ed
antired82316192_antired
antlered938262_antlered
badgered1336212badgered
banistered1394622banistered
banneret102412472banneret
banter84825342banter__
banterers112410012banterers
banters94623122banter_s
barbered13259552barbered
barterer102711652barterer
battened11259572battened
batterer102713222batterer
bettered113011842bettered
bistered112913332bistered
bittered112711832bittered
blattered12198582blattered
bunkered15177182bunkered
buttered112712632buttered
cancered132411552cancered
cankered153010222cankered
catered103117782ca_tered
centered112513522centered
dandered112110962dandered
dangered11248512dangered
entered82718882_entered
faltered122811002faltered
gandered112211172gandered
gartered10319602gartered
haltered123112572haltered
hankered16289442hankered
mannered11249652mannered
mastered112614012mastered
mattered112412912mattered
nattered92011632nattered
paltered113012502paltered
pandered121812572pandered
pattered112714212pattered
raftered1237672raftered
sauntered1036292sauntered
sintered92213902sintered
tattered92011452tattered
tentered96412102tentered
waitered1238762waitered
wandered132110792wandered
watered113014962wa_tered
wintered122111572wintered
yattered12239542yattered

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059563.51634430.9
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.93645399.1
 
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