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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 “earthlier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

47 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
earthlier124430(None) 
earthier1137441earth_ier
earlier72612742ear__lier
earthliest1345402earthliest
earthlike1644622earthlike
earthling1346192earthling
unearthlier1451822unearthlier
artier63419733_art__ier
artsier768943_art_sier
atelier7311623_a_telier
beastlier1144203beast_lier
darklier1335013dar_klier
earthed1139923earth__ed
earthen1039253earth__en
earthiest1259113earth_iest
earthily1445613earth_ily
earthing12310333earth_ing
earthlight1753653earthlight
earthliness14144143earthliness
earthlings1443613earthlings
earthly13387383earthl__y
earthmen1346393earth_men
earthmover1851743earthmover
earthpea1343423earth_pea
earthrise1246483earthrise
earthrises1346823earthrises
earthset11410833earth_set
earthstar1252303earthstar
farther1348343farth__er
featlier1136453fea_t_lier
healthier1544253health_ier
heartier1139093heart__ier
heathier1438343hea_th_ier
lathier10310833la_th_ier
marblier1256343mar_blier
marlier92614773mar__lier
marshier1337593marsh_ier
nearlier836793near__lier
partier93520713part__ier
pearlier1037323pear__lier
portlier1038373port_lier
swarthier1543783swarth_ier
tartier74123263tart__ier
wartier103413913wart__ier
wealthier1543263wealth_ier
worthier1436713worth_ier
wrathier1435903wrath_ier

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641477.37620152.0
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691477.81222873.9
 
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