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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 “citterns” 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
citterns1031812(None) 
bitterns10428951bitterns
cisterns10369581cisterns
citherns13338871citherns
cittern9339141cittern_
gitterns9326571gitterns
bittern94810682bittern_
bitters94920362bitter_s
chitters133711172chitter_s
cistern93310702cistern_
cisterna10376372cisterna
citers85022982ci_ter_s
cithern12489912cithern_
cithers124315772cither_s
cithrens13355932cithrens
cotters94323452cotter_s
critters103511332critter_s
cutters94218962cutter_s
fitters104517752fitter_s
gittern8337502gittern_
hitters104717592hitter_s
interns73116772_interns
jitters144314472jitter_s
kittens11347582kitte_ns
litters73422572litter_s
mittens9349882mitte_ns
patterns10439942patterns
ritters74020622ritter_s
sitters74221552sitter_s
titters74219622titter_s
zitherns20376132zitherns

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059313.40635542.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.81246875.9
 
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