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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 “barristers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
barristers124472(None) 
barrister1145731barrister_
arresters948192_arresters
banisters11189472ba_nisters
bannisters1244322bannisters
barraters1138042barr_aters
barriers104311882barri__ers
arbiters1038853_arbi_ters
arrestees946233_arrestees
arrester839253_arrester_
arrestors958033_arrestors
arrises71617583_arris_e_s
arrivers11137003_arri_vers
artistes83213343_artiste_s
assisters936353_assisters
baiters94619303ba__i_ters
ballasters1245093ballasters
balusters1136643ba_lusters
banishers14258053ba_nishers
banister10199973ba_nister_
bannister1155373bannister_
baptistery1742173baptistery
baristas1039723ba_rist_as
barites94322333ba_ri_te_s
barometers14198513barometers
barrackers1843763barrackers
barrater10310143barr_ater_
barrators1148393barr_ators
barretors1146243barr_etors
barrettes1149063barrette_s
barrier94017733barri__er_
barters94223033ba_r__ters
basters94930303ba___sters
batistes1039713ba_tiste_s
bisters93922613b___isters
blisters104015083b__listers
bruisers10307953b_ruis_ers
bruiters10329143b_rui_ters
burnishers1543703burnishers
bursters1038983b_ur_sters
canisters112310193ca_nisters
cannisters1245013cannisters
carriers103614203carri__ers
choristers1586103choristers
farriers113610743farri__ers
ganisters10248313ga_nisters
gannisters1153843gannisters
garnishers14174863garnishers
garroters1055813garr_oters
gristers94013403__gristers
harriers113712433harri__ers
harvesters1644143harvesters
lamisters1157123la_misters
magisters1235803ma_gisters
marriers103312473marri__ers
narraters946703narr_aters
palmisters1444673palmisters
parriers103612903parri__ers
parroters1156763parr_oters
persisters1246273persisters
roisters83615553__roisters
tarriers83411713tarri__ers
varistors1246533va_ristors
varnishers16174343varnishers
waisters113811523wa__isters
warranters1344533warranters

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603666.04623255.5
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691666.48227567.3
 
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