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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 “pottered” 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.

52 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
pottered11231166(None) 
cottered112511731cottered
pattered112714201pattered
portered112311541portered
pothered142311041pothered
potterer102310261potterer
puttered112611141puttered
tottered9208701tottered
battered113315052battered
bettered113011832bettered
bittered112711832bittered
bothered142110392bothered
buttered112712622buttered
dotterel945062dotterel
fettered12259492fettered
fostered122210452fostered
gettered10258612gettered
guttered10259162guttered
jittered16267222jittered
lettered92910782lettered
littered92511382littered
loitered938182loitered
mattered112412902mattered
mothered142310102mothered
muttered112610792muttered
nattered92011622nattered
paltered113012482paltered
pattened11299392pattened
patterer103112172patterer
patterned1265742patterned
peltered112510452peltered
pestered112814962pestered
petered103314972p_etered
pondered126411292pondered
postured1139492postured
potted94624012pott__ed
potteen9319672potte_en
potter83926982potter__
potterers11218662potterers
potteries11313592potteries
potters94024342potter_s
pottery123011072potter_y
powdered15256892powdered
powered132911642po_wered
putterer10209912putterer
spattered12187642spattered
sputtered12166322sputtered
tattered92011442tattered
tittered9239492tittered
totterer8217792totterer
uttered82712432_uttered
yattered12239532yattered

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059523.61033534.3
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691524.03044340.2
 
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