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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 “gettering” 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.

43 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
gettering11231003(None) 
bettering122212751bettering
fettering132310511fettering
guttering112410441guttering
lettering102112071lettering
battering122715142battering
bittering122511992bittering
buttering122312522buttering
centering122915142centering
entering91920052_entering
festering132413172festering
gartering112111572gartering
gathering1499462gathering
gendering12249752gendering
gesturing1136652gesturing
getting93316562gett__ing
glittering1296002glittering
gutterings12224912gutterings
jittering17218422jittering
letterings11226002letterings
littering102411982littering
mattering122314052mattering
metering112915632me_tering
muttering122611322muttering
nattering102212212nattering
neutering1038962neutering
pattering122314422pattering
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812pe_tering
pottering122612002pottering
puttering122611642puttering
reuttering1137572reuttering
tattering102212322tattering
teetering10239892teetering
tentering102313202tentering
tethering1339132tethering
tittering102310312tittering
tottering10229612tottering
uttering91613082_uttering
weltering13219492weltering
westering132112642westering
yattering132410442yattering

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436433.78032125.9
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691434.18942657.2
 
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