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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 “smotherers” 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.

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
smotherers154381(None) 
smotherer1444631smotherer_
smatterers12174872smatterers
smothered1545682smothere_d
smothers13349932smoth__ers
blatherers15175343blatherers
coherers132310733_co_herers
ditherers13196683_ditherers
furtherers1643323furtherers
gatherers13156883_gatherers
isotheres1246333isothere_s
latherers12158853_latherers
miterers10219683_mit_erers
mothered142310103_mothere_d
motherless1544093_motherless
mothers123717623_moth__ers
mutterers11247373_mutterers
potterers11218663_potterers
scatterers12205043scatterers
shatterers13185723shatterers
showerers1545073sho_werers
slobberers14152883slobberers
smatterer11185813smatterer_
smithereens1651503smithereens
smitheries1546053smitheries
smithers13369793smith__ers
smoothers14206043smooth__ers
smother123510213smoth__er_
smothering1646013smothering
smothery16296063smoth__ery
solderers1066533s_olderers
soothers113913433sooth__ers
sorcerers1145323s_orcerers
sputterers12174583sputterers
steerers82511353s__teerers
stutterers10164303stutterers
totterers9186813_totterers
witherers15146843_witherers

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603385.90623806.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.34228175.8
 
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