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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 “grifter” 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.

63 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
grifter11381049(None) 
drifter11348701drifter
grafter114211151grafter
grifted12379581grifted
grifters12389231grifters
grister83915411grister
gritter83913351gritter
crafter124111332crafter
critter94113032critter
crofter12299572crofter
drafter11449432drafter
drifted12367952drifted
drifters12417912drifters
driftier1275122driftier
fritter103912772fritter
gaiter73819502gai_ter
gifted114510702g_ifted
giftee103512082g_iftee
glister84013342glister
glitter84211802glitter
goiter74116202goi_ter
grafted124110222grafted
grafters12409192grafters
granter84117132granter
grater74625442gr_ater
greater84416492greater
greeter82812672greeter
gridder10367762gridder
griever1136032griever
griffe13438092griffe_
griffes14367922griffes
grift95924462grift__
grifts104511682grift_s
griller84513352griller
grimier103210432grimier
grimmer123510092grimmer
grinder93312392grinder
grinner8329232grinner
griper94114612gri_per
gripier103210322gripier
gripper124410712gripper
gristers94013412gristers
gritted94110902gritted
gritters94210632gritters
grittier9316262grittier
grouter84412522grouter
gruffer1475792gruffer
grunter83110782grunter
lifter93814812_lifter
printer93917302printer
rafter94517582_rafter
rifer84721982_rif_er
rifler94014262_rifler
rifted104115312_rifted
rioter64817282_rioter
ritter63822422_ritter
shifter132911082shifter
sifter94516232_sifter
snifter10349622snifter
swifter13318052swifter
trifler103912152trifler
triter65120592tri_ter
writer94416512wri_ter

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671633.42331455.2
3Display Results63630.0134846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691633.84246509.9
 
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