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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 “patternings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

28 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
patternings144318(None) 
patterning1346071patterning_
pattering122314422patter_ing_
attendings12143523_attendings
attorning1045503_attorning_
battening12268853batte_ning_
battering122715143batter_ing_
fastenings14273903faste_nings
fattening13287833fatte_ning_
gatherings15105293gather_ings
gutterings12224913gutter_ings
letterings11226003letter_ings
mattering122314053matter_ing_
nattering102212213natter_ing_
paltering122612893palter_ing_
patternless1342283patternless
patterns10439943patter__n_s
plasterings1444743plaster_ings
pottering122612003potter_ing_
puttering122611643putter_ing_
rattening10288763ratte_ning_
repatterning1552173repatterning_
scatterings14103973scatter_ings
smatterings14103843smatter_ings
spattering13107793spatter_ing_
tattering102212323tatter_ing_
waterings13229253wa_ter_ings
yattering132410443yatter_ing_

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633284.95324557.4
3Display Results28280.030933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691285.37333257.2
 
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