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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 “hampered” 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.

36 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
hampered1623993(None) 
hammered16218851hammered
hamperer15379091hamperer
pampered15229231pampered
tampered13279461tampered
ampere10514412_ampere_
amperes11313982_amperes
bumpered1536002bumpered
cambered15129002cambered
capered123014042ca_pered
chambered19145992chambered
chamfered20165062chamfered
compered153414922compered
dampened1435622dampened
haltered123112552haltered
hammerer15278142hammerer
hamper134518652hamper__
hamperers16287532hamperers
hampers143616952hamper_s
hankered16289442hankered
happened1635652happened
havered144011452ha_vered
homered133212712hom_ered
lappered13288212lappered
mammered12237652mammered
pamperer14228332pamperer
papered122513172pa_pered
paupered13216942paupered
scampered1635232scampered
simpered1338252simpered
tamperer12248892tamperer
tapered102612932ta_pered
tempered13248222tempered
unhampered1853132unhampered
whimpered20144022whimpered
yammered16225762yammered

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059363.79631891.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.20242525.2
 
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