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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 “lottery” 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.

57 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
lottery1038983(None) 
littery103710491littery
lotter64025601lotter_
lotters73921061lotters
pottery123011071pottery
tottery10388481tottery
battery124911812battery
blotter94612852blotter_
blotters104110982blotters
bootery1238982bootery
buttery124311192buttery
cattery123811602cattery
clattery13378192clattery
cluttery13346322cluttery
cotter84926672cotter_
cotters94323442cotters
dotter74419342dotter_
dotters83715972dotters
flattery14338292flattery
fluttery14376142fluttery
glittery12375612glittery
guttery11427762guttery
hotter94720082hotter_
jittery17346442jittery
jotter134315632jotter_
jotters143413802jotters
lathery133911122lathery
latter65027892latter_
latterly1136062latterly
letter63722582letter_
letters73819852letters
litter64324852litter_
litters73422572litters
lofter94614722lofter_
lofters103912902lofters
loiter64619172loiter_
loiters74116612loiters
looter64222322looter_
looters74419162looters
lotte54923852lotte__
lotted74222402lotte_d
lottes65322752lotte_s
lowery124112712lo_wery
mattery123810712mattery
mothery153710512mothery
otter54423972_otter_
otters64021512_otters
plotter94113662plotter_
plotters104011552plotters
potter83926982potter_
potters94024342potters
rotter64325462rotter_
rotters74421392rotters
slotter73314452slotter_
slotters84012402slotters
totter65021462totter_
totters74618732totters

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671573.06335152.1
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.45551719.5
 
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