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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 “pretties” 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
pretties1061513(None) 
prettied1159251prettied
prettier1069041prettier
prettiest1199801prettiest
frettier1156592frettier
frettiest1267062frettiest
jetties143613122_jetties
patties93425142p_atties
petites93820202p_etites
pettier94213612p_ettier
pettiest103113962p_ettiest
pettles93916482p_ettles
pieties9419222pie_ties
plenties10314692plenties
plotties103111412plotties
poetries10315582poetries
potties93723542p_otties
prattles10189402prattles
predries112714382predries
preemies12512192preemies
premies113823062pre_mies
prentices131111902prentices
preppies1149682preppies
prestiges12310592prestiges
pretapes122811532pretapes
pretrims1238982pretrims
prettifies1545692prettifies
prettify1644342prettify
prettily1337282prettily
prettiness1257392prettiness
pretypes15337262pretypes
prexies163415002pre_xies
proettes10312762proett_es
prosties101421192prosties
putties94420022p_utties
reties65436192_re_ties
retries74129072_retries
treaties8316982treaties

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 Limit121059383.93630756.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.34241154.1
 
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