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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 “embittering” 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.

29 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
embittering164294(None) 
imbittering1642351imbittering
bittering122511992__bittering
battering122715143__battering
bettering122212753__bettering
buttering122312523__buttering
chittering16107183_chittering
embattling1542193embatt_ling
embitter12245623embitter___
embittered1542543embitter_ed
embitterment18102403embitterment
embitters13334723embitter__s
embordering1752623embordering
embowering1863413emb_owering
embrittling1651623embritt_ling
emitting112410353em_itt__ing
enfettering1543233enfettering
flittering1486503_flittering
frittering14105623_frittering
glittering1296003_glittering
jittering17218423__jittering
littering102411983__littering
mattering122314053_m_attering
mitering113015403_m_i_tering
muttering122611323_m_uttering
skittering1535393_skittering
smattering1397583sm_attering
tittering102310313__tittering
twittering1444583_twittering

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633294.70325862.9
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691295.09335085.6
 
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