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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 “encounter” 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.

53 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
encounter114518(None) 
encounters1244551encounters
rencounter1244291rencounter
counter94220152__counter
enchanter1446192enchanter
encountered1452752encountered
recounter1137942recounter
reencounter1352202reencounter
rencounters1343302rencounters
uncounted1238522uncounted
accounted1444823accounted
accouter1245363accou_ter
ancienter1145393ancienter
announcer1143293announcer
anointer837823an_ointer
chunter123911483__chunter
cointer93616723__cointer
coulter94115603__coulter
counted103815803__counted
counters103320193__counters
courter94516483__courter
couter84930223__cou_ter
denouncer1244133den_ouncer
discounter1347023discounter
enceinte1046263enceinte_
enceintes1145673enceintes
enchanted1546553enchanted
enchanters1545223enchanters
encoder1038633enco__der
encountering1583133encountering
encourager1352773encourager
encrusted12125003encrusted
encumber1454143enc_umber
enjoinder1742723enjoinder
enjoiner15225653enjoin_er
enounce937573en_ounce_
enounced1135883en_ounced
enounces1037603en_ounces
expounder1943273expounder
incenter102212093inc_enter
mounter93713173__mounter
recounted1238713recounted
recounters1246213recounters
reencounters1451723reencounters
rencontre1144163renco_ntre
rencountered1552213rencountered
renouncer1145843ren_ouncer
scouter93313323_scou_ter
tenpounder1342283tenpounder
unclutter1143373unclutter
uncoupler1343823uncoupler
unmounted1245903unmounted
unsounder1044373unsounder

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 Limit148641537.34320242.5
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691537.79622920.9
 
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