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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 “peltered” 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
peltered11251045(None) 
paltered113012481paltered
pestered112814961pestered
petered103314971pe_tered
weltered12238431weltered
altered83215732_altered
bettered113011832bettered
centered112513522centered
entered82718882_entered
faltered122810982faltered
festered122512102festered
fettered12259492fettered
filtered12259042filtered
gettered10258612gettered
haltered123112552haltered
lettered92910782lettered
metered103514012me_tered
neutered937422neutered
palterer102411272palterer
pattered112714202pattered
peered93819492pe__ered
pelleted1138202pelleted
pelted94617762pelt__ed
pelter83321622pelter__
pelters93720312pelter_s
peppered1236132peppered
pesterer102412702pesterer
pewterer13256312pewterer
philtered1545492philtered
pilfered1435852pilfered
portered112311542portered
pottered112311662pottered
prealtered1344942prealtered
puttered112611142puttered
realtered1037892realtered
sheltered1335572sheltered
skeltered1443872skeltered
sweltered1344452sweltered
teetered9258302teetered
telfered1234882telfered
tentered96412102tentered
westered122511862westered

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059423.30036684.5
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.70348255.7
 
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