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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpalter” 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.

15 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
palter8442326(None) 
alter54828501_alter
falter94519051falter
halter94420881halter
paler75436931pal_er
palier85023561palier
palmer105816541palmer
palters94021681palters
paster85734371paster
pater74740721pa_ter
patter84628261patter
pelter83321621pelter
plater84427691plater
psalter9247811psalter
salter64325081salter

Search took 2 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 Filter178691487550.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit48755150.95351159.5
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691151.092163636.4