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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 “teethers” 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.

31 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
teethers1132871(None) 
teeters74018301teet_ers
teether10349691teether_
teethes103611651teethe_s
tethers103815311t_ethers
aethers103614942_aethers
beetlers1037392beetlers
blethers13429612blethers
diethers1257452diethers
ethers94518412__ethers
feathers143513242feathers
heathers143914732heathers
leathers114215082leathers
meeters94714542meet_ers
seethes103613742seethe_s
teachers133212392teachers
teemers95012902tee_mers
teeners74415452tee_ners
teeter65420312teet_er_
teethe94511312teethe__
teethed11318622teethe_d
teethless1243702teethless
telphers1335472telphers
tenters73921102tent_ers
testers74124542test_ers
tether93716102t_ether_
tetters74320472t_etters
tithers104216732t_ithers
tweeters11287142tweet_ers
weathers143412832weathers
wethers135214692_wethers

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 Filter1786911210590.596299817.1
2DLD Change Limit121059313.62333414.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.23542193.9
 
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