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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 “slighter” 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.

35 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
slighter125782(None) 
blighter1466851blighter
lighter113113441_lighter
plighter1476621plighter
sighter113412111s_ighter
slighted1357391slighted
slighters1346711slighters
alighted1347672alighted
blighted1546862blighted
blighters1555742blighters
brighter1476662brighter
delighter1445582delighter
fighter143010772_fighter
flichter1664962flichter
flighted1646972flighted
flightier1644422flightier
lighted122913502_lighted
lighten112811522_lighten
lighters123111392_lighters
plighted1546462plighted
plighters1545532plighters
righter113212382_righter
sigher103813702s_igh_er
sighted123111522s_ighted
sighters122510602s_ighters
slaughter1344002slaughter
sleigher1234312sleigh_er
slight103416002slight__
slightest13136952slightest
slightly1544602slightly
slights112810722slight_s
slither104112982slith_er
slitter73615872sli_tter
tighter112910692_tighter
weighter1535602weighter

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.763234195.3
2DLD Change Limit121059355.11323676.7
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691355.88930343.2
 
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