Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “patterned” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
patterned	12	6	574	(None)
pattened	11	29	939	1	patte_ned
pattered	11	27	1420	1	patter_ed
attorned	9	5	535	2	_attorned
battened	11	25	957	2	batte_ned
battered	11	33	1505	2	batter_ed
fattened	12	26	828	2	fatte_ned
mattered	11	24	1290	2	matter_ed
nattered	9	20	1162	2	natter_ed
paltered	11	30	1248	2	palter_ed
patterer	10	31	1217	2	patter_er
pattern	9	37	1205	2	pattern__
patterns	10	43	994	2	pattern_s
pottered	11	23	1166	2	potter_ed
puttered	11	26	1114	2	putter_ed
rattened	9	21	862	2	ratte_ned
repatterned	14	5	217	2	repatterned
spattered	12	18	764	2	spatter_ed
tattered	9	20	1144	2	tatter_ed
yattered	12	23	953	2	yatter_ed

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.780	32125.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.189	42657.2