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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 “quarters” 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.

43 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
quarters17311046(None) 
quarter163211861quarter_
quartern17286481quartern
quarterns18285161quarterns
quartes163314941quarte_s
quartets17277581quartets
quartiers1845191quartiers
barters94223052_barters
carters95327262_carters
charters134115592charters
darters84017612_darters
garters84218252_garters
guarders1035892guarders
hurters103413652hu_rters
quaffers2333972quaffers
quakers20309702qua_kers
quarrels1735092quarrels
quarriers1845192quarriers
quartans1736292quartans
quarte154115332quarte__
quartered19155972quartered
quarterer18145722quarterer
quarterers19124832quarterers
quarterly2143712quarterly
quartet162814902quarte_t
quartics19216852quartics
quartier1737552quartier_
quartos16328742quart_os
quarts154715942quart__s
quartzes2645462quartzes
quashers20186812quashers
quatres163411942quatre_s
quavers19309022qua_vers
queriers1736972queriers
questers17168772questers
quieters17248742quieters
quilters17228442quilters
quitters17238532quitters
quoters16369272qu_oters
squarers17338032squar_ers
squatters1834952squatters
squirters1835082squirters
starters83714782starters

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059433.53034294.3
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.92245561.2
 
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