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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 “battle” 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.

80 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
battle8521786(None) 
battled104213121battled
battler94113381battler
battles94517681battles
battue84311001battue
bottle84916071bottle
brattle9249251brattle
cattle85118901cattle
rattle64717611rattle
tattle64115651tattle
wattle94314211wattle
babble94017112babble
baffle14399872baffle
bale66353842ba__le
bangle94018952bangle
baste74829982bast_e
bastile9313912bastile
bate66552422ba_t_e
bathe105822882ba_the
batt65053872batt__
batted95623652batted
batten85217122batten
batter84928872batter
battier93515712battier
battik1238092battik
battlers104110972battlers
batts76727562batt_s
battu75216612batt_u
battues94610192battues
batty105422242batt_y
bauble103813212bauble
bawtie113812142bawtie
beetle8311672beetle
bottled104611232bottled
bottler94211882bottler
bottles94216272bottles
brattled11196722brattled
brattles10199332brattles
brittle9168602brittle
bustle84015482bustle
butle75023102b_utle
butte74924292butt_e
cantle84522152cantle
castle84918962castle
cattie85221022cattie
cuttle84113892cuttle
dartle73714832dartle
dottle74212502dottle
embattle1253272embattle
fettle93713122fettle
guttle74111972guttle
hantle94318202hantle
kettle104311612kettle
kittle104012172kittle
latte55426302latt_e
little63312162little
mantle84420922mantle
matte75626842matt_e
mettle83815722mettle
mottle84116052mottle
nettle64514582nettle
pattee84323382pattee
pattie84020962pattie
pettle84116052pettle
pottle84416102pottle
prattle9208832prattle
rattled84012952rattled
rattler74012742rattler
rattles73217302rattles
rattly94111542rattly
settle63915662settle
tattie64817512tattie
tattled84311482tattled
tattler73112212tattler
tattles73616282tattles
tittle63613322tittle
twattle1064272twattle
vittle94711752vittle
wattled113610502wattled
wattles103814072wattles

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551802.36034979.2
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691802.75064978.5
 
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