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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 “pothunter” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
pothunter144351(None) 
pothunters1543341pothunters
bowhunter1741752bowhunter
foxhunter2241752foxhunter
nonhunter1245052nonhunter
antihunter1353863antihunter
bowhunters1841683bowhunters
chunter123911483__chunter
counter94220153co__unter
foxhunted2341553foxhunted
foxhunters2341703foxhunters
hunter94817773___hunter
mounter93713173mo__unter
nonhunters1344733nonhunters
outhunted1345723outhunted
patienter1145553patienter
pointer93814933po__inter
polluter1035403pollu_ter
pother113818853poth___er
potholder1544763potholder
pothunting1643653pothunting
potometer1349843potometer
potter83926983pot___ter
poulter93712013po__ulter
pouncer113511233po__uncer
pounder103314003po__under
pouter83923983po__u_ter
punter84320023p___unter
shunter103611733__shunter
taunter73111453__taunter
thunder1136963__thunder

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641316.56322648.3
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691316.71926594.9
 
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