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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 “nattering” 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.

50 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
nattering10221221(None) 
battering122715141battering
mattering122314051mattering
pattering122314421pattering
tattering102212321tattering
yattering132410441yattering
altering91917112_altering
attiring939482_attiring
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
battening12268852battening
bettering122212752bettering
bittering122511992bittering
blattering13108712blattering
buttering122312522buttering
cantering122417372cantering
catering112019902ca_tering
chattering16108642chattering
clattering13109232clattering
faltering132211112faltering
fathering161010092fathering
fattening13287832fattening
fettering132310512fettering
flattering1498742flattering
gartering112111572gartering
gathering1499462gathering
gettering112310032gettering
guttering112410442guttering
haltering132212002haltering
jittering17218422jittering
lathering13912252lathering
lettering102112072lettering
littering102411982littering
mastering122315302mastering
muttering122611322muttering
neutering1038962neutering
paltering122612892paltering
patterning1346072patterning
pottering122612002pottering
puttering122611642puttering
rattening10288762rattening
scattering1398012scattering
shattering1498282shattering
smattering1397582smattering
spattering13107792spattering
tittering102310312tittering
tottering10229612tottering
uttering91613082_uttering
waitering13310712waitering
watering122316312wa_tering

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436503.23337561.4
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.63949104.4
 
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