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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 “brittle” 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.

35 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
brittle916860(None) 
brattle9249251brattle
bristle91910101bristle
brittled11186091brittled
brittler10165981brittler
brittles10178651brittles
brittly12165971brittly
battle85217862b_attle
belittle1044052belittle
bottle84916072b_ottle
brattled11196722brattled
brattles10199332brattles
brickle15279932brickle
bricole112810492bricole
bridle94115462bri_dle
brindle104210102brindle
bristled11187342bristled
bristles101510432bristles
bristly12178062bristly
britt75732232britt__
brittlely1442472brittlely
brittlest11146192brittlest
britts84813442britt_s
cuittle946402cuittle
embrittle1342382embrittle
gristle8169222gristle
kittle104012172_kittle
little63312162_little
prattle9208832prattle
rattle64717612_rattle
skittle1135532skittle
spittle937922spittle
tittle63613322_tittle
vittle94711752_vittle
whittle13106102whittle

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671353.23333303.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.65548889.5
 
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