Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cotterless” 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.

47 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
cotterless124403(None) 
butterless1244192butterless
centerless1245002centerless
coverless1436802co_verless
motherless1544092motherless
bitterness1245553bitterness
bottomless1442053bottomless
cateress102311613c_ater_ess
catteries11815553catterie_s
cheerless1495293c_heerless
coatdress1243193coatdr_ess
coatless1039693coat__less
codeless112010113co_de_less
collarless1243073collarless
colorless1145683co_lorless
computerless1852203computerless
contextless2052483contextless
coreless103013833co_re_less
costless10310003cost__less
coteries10422713co_terie_s
cottered112511743cotter_e_d
cotters94323453cotter___s
coverlets1437053co_verlets
craterlets1243503craterlets
doctorless1342583doctorless
dotterels1043903dotter_els
dowerless1344013do_werless
fatherless1644213fatherless
lotteries9311083lotterie_s
lusterless1043693lusterless
mortarless1243103mortarless
motorless1145723mo_torless
noteless839403no_te_less
orderless1044313_orderless
otherness1245513_otherness
patternless1342283patternless
porteress1137933porter_ess
potterers11218663potter_ers
potteries11313603potterie_s
powderless1642593powderless
powerless1444293po_werless
rottenness1043763rottenness
shutterless1452133shutterless
totterers9186813totter_ers
utterness946223_utterness
voteless1137493vo_te_less
waterless1238013_waterless

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603477.15619648.3
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691477.60923484.2
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.