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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 “battens” 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.

79 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
battens9531326(None) 
batten85217121batten_
batters94626011batters
fattens105111711fattens
lattens75014671lattens
pattens95414921pattens
rattens74213401rattens
attend7258972_attend
attends8257592_attends
attent62818322_attent
baiters94619302baiters
baleens938472baleens
banteng1046362banteng
bantengs1134592bantengs
banters94623112banters
barrens94414322barrens
bartend1038752bartend
bartends1136792bartends
barters94223032barters
basters94930302basters
bastes85330382baste_s
bates75846342ba_te_s
bathers124720362bathers
bathes116524832bathe_s
batmen104414302batmen_
batons85519422ba_tons
batteau936342batteau
batted95623652batte_d
battened11259572battened
battener10369392battener
batteners11238162batteners
batter84928872batte_r
battery124911812battery
battiks1337142battiks
batting104422272batting
battings114010572battings
battlers104110972battlers
battles94517682battles
batts76727562batt__s
battues94610192battues
betters94422092betters
bitten84715122bitten_
bitterns10428952bitterns
bitters94920362bitters
blatters104414092blatters
butters94521722butters
buttes84822562butte_s
buttons9310332buttons
fastens105511752fastens
fatten94314902fatten_
flattens11357482flattens
haptens124511342haptens
hastens106214812hastens
hatters104221522hatters
kittens11347582kittens
lateens74210552lateens
latens64620212la_tens
latten65018202latten_
lattes65324202latte_s
lattins74115482lattins
martens93714952martens
matters94421752matters
mattes85624532matte_s
mattins93316142mattins
mittens9349882mittens
natters73718062natters
patens84820862pa_tens
patten84418192patten_
patterns10439942patterns
patters94825192patters
rattans73411952rattans
ratteens8256052ratteens
ratten64217382ratten_
ratters74422472ratters
rattons73815322rattons
sateens73710752sateens
tatters74520482tatters
tautens7317842tautens
yatters103914622yatters

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 Limit107671793.45331181.9
3Display Results79790.0302633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691793.85646341.0
 
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