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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 “litterers” 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.

31 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
litterers922819(None) 
letterers9228111letterers
litterer82810171litterer_
titterers9236991titterers
batterers113110722batterers
bitterer10309782bitterer_
clatterers12155422clatterers
ditherers13196682ditherers
fetterers12267042fetterers
filterers12206972filterers
flatterers13175912flatterers
flutterers13184592flutterers
fritterers13203392fritterers
latherers12158852latherers
letterer8259222letterer_
lingerers10126922lingerers
listeners9147332listeners
littered92511382littere_d
litters73422572litt__ers
loiterers936262loiterers
miterers10219682mi_terers
mutterers11247372mutterers
patterers112410132patterers
potterers11218662potterers
putterers11238362putterers
titterer8268522titterer_
totterers9186812totterers
twitterers1342672twitterers
utterers8218652_utterers
winterers12209722winterers
witherers15146842witherers

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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436313.73332530.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.17242831.0
 
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