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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 “altering” 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.

45 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
altering9191711(None) 
faltering132211111faltering
haltering132212001haltering
paltering122612891paltering
adhering1338872adhering
alerting91312382al_erting
algerine9810282algerine
aliening91510892aliening
alleging1038472alleging
alluring939072alluring
alterant8614962alterant
alterity1149842alterity
angering102113802angering
anteing8312812ante_ing
attiring939482attiring
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
battering122715142battering
cantering122417372cantering
catering112019902catering
entering91920052entering
filtering13199712filtering
fleering123811282fleering
gartering112111572gartering
lagering102212312lagering
latening9711492latening
lathering13912252lathering
layering122310352layering
leering83417642_leering
mastering122315302mastering
mattering122314052mattering
metering112915632metering
mitering113015392mitering
nattering102212202nattering
pattering122314422pattering
peltering122011672peltering
petering112516812petering
realtering1139472realtering
tattering102212322tattering
ulcering1139332ulcering
uttering91613082uttering
waitering13310712waitering
watering122316312watering
weltering13219492weltering
yattering132410442yattering

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 Filter1786911210590.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit121059453.98330393.9
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691454.16942861.8
 
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