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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 “tentering” 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.

40 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
tentering10231320(None) 
centering122915141centering
entering91920051_entering
teetering10239891teetering
tendering112210811tendering
bantering122414232bantering
bettering122212752bettering
cantering122417372cantering
centerings13247662centerings
centring112112952cent_ring
festering132413172festering
fettering132310512fettering
gendering12249752gendering
gettering112310032gettering
lettering102112072lettering
mentoring1239542mentoring
metering112915632me_tering
neutering1038962neutering
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812pe_tering
reentering1149982reentering
rendering112213182rendering
sintering101014802sintering
tattering102212322tattering
teddering12256302teddering
telfering1336252telfering
tempering1438732tempering
tenting84621152tent__ing
tenuring938862ten_uring
tethering1339132tethering
texturing1735222texturing
tinkering1437702tinkering
tittering102310312tittering
tottering10229612tottering
veneering1337662veneering
venturing1337552venturing
weltering13219492weltering
westering132112642westering
wintering13412362wintering

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121436405.07623923.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691405.88830348.3
 
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