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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 “tinkered” 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.

34 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
tinkered138768(None) 
tinkerer1286801tinkerer
bickered17108002bickered
blinkered1644412blinkered
bunkered15177182bunkered
cankered153010222cankered
cindered1239792cindered
clinkered1634772clinkered
dickered16117532dickered
fingered13128332fingered
gingered11127742gingered
hankered16289442hankered
hindered1339452hindered
hunkered16186922hunkered
inhered11313162_inhered
lingered10129642lingered
nickered15117022nickered
pinkened1535752pinkened
sintered92213902sintered
tendered102510602tendered
tentered96412102tentered
ticketed15146642ticketed
tiered73613972ti__ered
tillered937442tillered
timbered13137382timbered
tinker103619922tinker__
tinkerers1395422tinkerers
tinkers113517142tinker_s
tinkled123910472tink_led
tinseled935762tinseled
tittered9239492tittered
trinketed1444252trinketed
tuckered1535962tuckered
wintered122111572wintered

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 Limit121059344.12329361.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.54539316.0
 
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