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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 “spittles” 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.

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
spittles103833(None) 
skittles1245761skittles
spittle937921spittle_
brittles10178652brittles
cuittles1045902cuittles
epistles1047782epistles
kittles113012492_kittles
littles73212782_littles
pettles93916482_pettles
pintles94118732_pintles
pottles93816982_pottles
scuttles1056502scuttles
settles73916002s_ettles
shuttles1136552shuttles
skittle1135532skittle_
spatzles1935302spatzles
spicules12219802spicules
spiles84227912spi__les
spindles112710352spindles
spinules10249332spinules
spitals93011592spital_s
spites84127332spi_t_es
spitted103912702spitt_ed
spitter94015182spitt_er
spitters104113382spitters
spitzes1849182spi_tzes
sprattles1174882sprattles
spurtles1037782spurtles
tittles73413252_tittles
vittles103211112_vittles
whittles1496672whittles

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059313.81331749.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.23542193.9
 
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