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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 “peltering” 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.

38 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
peltering12201167(None) 
paltering122612891paltering
pestering122315661pestering
petering112516811pe_tering
weltering13219491weltering
altering91917112_altering
bettering122212752bettering
centering122915142centering
entering91920052_entering
faltering132211112faltering
festering132413172festering
fettering132310512fettering
filtering13199722filtering
gettering112310032gettering
haltering132212002haltering
lettering102112072lettering
metering112915632me_tering
neutering1038962neutering
pattering122314422pattering
peering103520352pe__ering
pelerine10313012pel_erine
pelleting1237952pelleting
pelting102917272pelt__ing
peppering1337082peppering
philtering1646252philtering
pilfering1536392pilfering
portering122012302portering
pottering122612002pottering
prealtering1446172prealtering
puttering122611642puttering
realtering1139472realtering
sheltering1446492sheltering
skeltering1545002skeltering
sweltering1445232sweltering
teetering10239892teetering
telfering1336252telfering
tentering102313202tentering
westering132112642westering

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121436383.65633215.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.04544175.8
 
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