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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 “limiters” 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.

33 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
limiters1024933(None) 
limiteds11184541limiteds
limiter92710851limiter_
limites92915451limite_s
delimiters1345102delimiters
dimeters11411092dimeters
lamisters1157122lamisters
lamsters1099752lamsters
lifters104313782li_fters
lighters123111392lighters
limbers113614742lim_bers
limier83518722limi_er_
liminess10510642liminess
limitary1344932limitary
limited102310232limite_d
limitless1142942limitless
limits82514142limit__s
limmers113413082lim_mers
limners93311562lim_ners
limpers113815222lim_pers
linters73822632li_nters
listers74026532li_sters
liters65429882l__iters
litters73422572li_tters
liviers104211072livi_ers
loiters74116612l_oiters
miters84328782__miters
scimiters1345122scimiters
simitars1046482simitars
smiters93414362_smiters
unmiters1037072unmiters
visiters1137412visiters
vomiters1337202vomiters

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059333.60633571.5
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.98244874.7
 
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