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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 “neither” 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.

42 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
neither103757(None) 
either94517421_either
nether94014161ne_ther
aether94213672ae_ther
blither124812172blither
cither114616682_cither
diether1147442diether
dither104417682_dither
ether84518772_e_ther
feather133613502feather
heather133914852heather
hither124417252_hither
ither84617602__ither
leather103815782leather
lither94520952_lither
mither114218562_mither
neater64424312neat_er
neatherd12107192neatherd
neighed12135892neighed
nester64124182nest_er
nestler73510442nestler
netter63722022ne_tter
nettier74211812nettier
nettler7349502nettler
neuter63713792neut_er
nigher103612752n_igher
niter55028972n_it_er
norther1039732norther
nother93815962n_other
slither104112982slither
swither133710992swither
teether10349692teether
tether93716102te_ther
thither13328102thither
tither94920282_tither
weather133513222weather
weigher14136342weigher
wether123315392we_ther
whither163510252whither
wither124321352_wither
writher134010852writher
zither183813082_zither

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671422.86037647.2
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691422.98359903.1
 
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