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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 “melters” 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.

128 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
melters9391831(None) 
belters93819411belters
kelters113813751kelters
meeters94714541meeters
melders103213911melders
melter83520111melter_
meters85625831me_ters
milters93619091milters
molters93816971molters
pelters93720311pelters
smelters103310511smelters
welters103516061welters
alters64924222_alters
beaters94925042beaters
beliers94617382beliers
belter84720962belter_
betters94422092betters
bolters94017802bolters
centers94420602centers
colters93522442colters
delvers113411992delvers
deters74724682de_ters
eaters65535952_eaters
elaters74420192_elaters
elders74817302_elders
elvers93814982_elvers
emoters94712872emoters
enters64425642_enters
esters64627732_esters
falters103916472falters
fellers104117542fellers
festers104121392festers
fetters103517902fetters
filters103816552filters
gelders93812572gelders
getters84216102getters
halters104619802halters
heaters104225222heaters
hefters134312002hefters
hellers103619832hellers
helpers123311852helpers
jesters144118192jesters
jilters144211962jilters
jolters143711992jolters
kelter103214382kelter_
kilters113813602kilters
letters73819852letters
malteds10377602malteds
masters94628922masters
maters85032392m_aters
matters94421752matters
meaners94415242meaners
meeter83616502meeter_
meisters103313842meisters
melder93915812melder_
melees83618082mel_ees
melted94219062melte_d
meltons9410922meltons
melts74930102melt__s
members13258602members
menders103818802menders
mentees93214502mentees
mentors9314992mentors
mercers114412772mercers
mergers103813422mergers
mestees94617752mestees
meteors94610012me_teors
meter75130322me_ter_
metes74736212me_te_s
metiers93312842metiers
metres85121562me_tres
mewlers12288982mewlers
milers84625162mil_ers
milkers134411612milkers
millers93621342millers
milter84921232milter_
minters93822472minters
misters93927512misters
miters84328782m_iters
molders103315552molders
molter84119422molter_
mooters93818622mooters
moulters103510782moulters
mullers93217302mullers
musters94522512musters
mutters94117142mutters
nesters74422792nesters
netters73618582netters
neuters74212272neuters
palters94021682palters
pelter83321622pelter_
pesters93827092pesters
peters86624592pe_ters
petters93722362petters
pewters124113352pewters
realters83614042realters
relaters83218152relaters
reliers75519212reliers
renters74224812renters
resters74130402resters
salters73622252salters
seaters74028942seaters
sellers73721312sellers
seltzers1735062seltzers
setters73822062setters
shelters113412812shelters
skelters12349372skelters
smellers10329762smellers
smelter93311912smelter_
smeltery13274962smeltery
spelters103912242spelters
swelters113110192swelters
teeters74018302teeters
telfers10299072telfers
tellers73717592tellers
tenters73921102tenters
testers74124542testers
tetters74320472tetters
tilters73315952tilters
venters103717732venters
vetters104016322vetters
welders113313412welders
welter93417382welter_
westers105221962westers
wetters103817752wetters
yellers103912952yellers
yelpers12348202yelpers
zesters163517292zesters

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit1076711283.12634443.7
3Display Results1281280.0462782.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911283.54550406.5
 
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