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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlather” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 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
lather9512435(None) 
bather115322511bather
blather125314201blather
father125116711father
gather104115851gather
lasher94824531lasher
later54843921lat_er
lathe85626711lathe_
lathed104718451lathed
lathers104321881lathers
lathery133911121lathery
lathes95127491lathes
lathier10310831lathier
latter65027891latter
leather103815781leather
lither94520951lither
loather103711001loather
rather94319731rather
slather103816061slather

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691487550.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit48755190.89054780.9
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691190.983181781.3