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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 “haltered” 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.

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
haltered12311257(None) 
altered83215751_altered
faltered122811001faltered
haltere103614711haltere_
halteres113414601halteres
paltered113012501paltered
alterer72714012_alterer
bantered113313652bantered
bartered113113032bartered
battered113315072battered
cantered113415992cantered
catered103117782ca_tered
chaptered17176802chaptered
chartered15158402chartered
chattered15198002chattered
falterer11239872falterer
filtered12259042filtered
gartered10319602gartered
halberd1336052halber_d
halted105019602halt__ed
halter94420882halter__
halters104619802halter_s
hammered16218852hammered
hampered16239932hampered
hankered16289442hankered
hastened12239102hastened
hatred104814332ha_t_red
havered144011452ha_vered
hollered1237602hollered
holstered1345882holstered
mastered112614012mastered
mattered112412912mattered
nattered92011632nattered
palterer102411292palterer
pattered112714212pattered
peltered112510452peltered
philtered1545492philtered
raftered1237672raftered
realtered1037902realtered
shattered13178212shattered
sheltered1335582sheltered
tattered92011452tattered
unaltered1037732unaltered
waitered1238762waitered
watered113014962wa_tered
weltered12238442weltered
yattered12239542yattered

Search took 5 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 Limit121059473.73332429.4
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691474.15543006.3
 
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