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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 “kelter” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

121 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
kelter10321438(None) 
belter84720961belter
kelters113813751kelters
kilter103714341kilter
melter83520111melter
pelter83321621pelter
skelter113610001skelter
welter93417381welter
alter54828502_alter
beater84729392beater
belier84423562belier
belted94020632belted
belters93819412belters
better84723702better
bolter83920752bolter
center84421412center
colter84625092colter
defter104215922defter
delver104913492delver
deter65028042de_ter
dexter143810892dexter
eater54639842_eater
eelier64216462eelier
elater64724202_elater
elder64020022_elder
elver85216242_elver
enter54726382_enter
ester54727712_ester
falter94519052falter
feater95224052feater
feller94419552feller
felted103714652felted
fester94723512fester
fetter94120382fetter
filter94517632filter
gelder84613712gelder
getter74117612getter
halter94420882halter
heater94828302heater
hefter124313922hefter
heller93322512heller
helper114313092helper
jester134319152jester
jilter133512512jilter
jolter133513092jolter
keener104012842keener
keeper123811922keeper
keester11319912keester
kegger12388082kegger
kegler11398242kegler
keister113011572keister
kelep116014562kel_ep
kelped13449552kelped
kelt85343192kelt__
kelts95222632kelt_s
kente95821072kente_
kentes105118652kentes
keyster14256152keyster
kiester11329972kiester
killer104917952killer
kilted113613832kilted
kilters113813602kilters
kiter95523212k_iter
krater104014312krater
kultur1034432kultur
lefter93613432lefter
letter63722582letter
meeter83616502meeter
melder93915812melder
melted94219062melted
melters93918312melters
meter75130322me_ter
milter84921232milter
molter84119422molter
neater64424312neater
nester64124182nester
netter63722022netter
neuter63713792neuter
palter84423262palter
pelted94617762pelted
pelters93720312pelters
perter84422282perter
pester84827592pester
peter74427592pe_ter
petter83924772petter
pewter114013672pewter
realter73716312realter
relater73723142relater
relier65826182relier
renter64527412renter
rester63832432rester
salter64325082salter
seater64534162seater
seller63824602seller
seltzer1635212seltzer
setter64023722setter
shelter103214962shelter
skeeter113410412skeeter
skelters12349372skelters
smelter93311912smelter
spelter94113702spelter
svelter10359672svelter
swelter103711172swelter
teeter65420312teeter
telfer9379892telfer
teller63519822teller
tenter64623932tenter
tester64227152tester
tetter64322452tetter
tilter63417692tilter
venter94218722venter
vetter93417642vetter
welder102914412welder
welted103715822welted
welters103516062welters
wester94222892wester
wetter93919442wetter
yeller94214512yeller
yelper11458782yelper
yester93417982yester
zester153617792zester

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit825511212.44033832.4
3Display Results1211210.0462630.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911212.81263545.9
 
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