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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 “abutter” 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.

40 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
abutter95751(None) 
abetter958321abetter
abutted1056981abutted
abutters1056991abutters
butter84724231_butter
abater85518122ab_ater
abetted1058332abetted
abetters1057172abetters
abettor956192abettor
aborter939932aborter
abrupter1243792abrupter
abuser85413682abu_ser
abuttal954552abuttal
acuter84412862acu_ter
aflutter1163812aflutter
batter84928882_batter
better84723702_better
bitter84622672_bitter
bunter85020382_bunter
buster84726492_buster
butler84220032_butler
butte74924292_butte_
butted94722062_butted
butters94521722_butters
buttery124311192_buttery
buttes84822562_buttes
clutter94211662clutter
cutter84521002_cutter
flutter104012092flutter
gutter73817712_gutter
mutter84418882_mutter
nutter63918052_nutter
putter83921442_putter
rebutter10106272rebutter
reutter71010092reutter
scutter93512172scutter
shutter103712142shutter
sputter94014052sputter
stutter72911462stutter
utter54218762__utter

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671403.33032333.6
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.71648086.9
 
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