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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 “battened” 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.

39 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
battened1125957(None) 
battener10369391battener
battered113315051battered
fattened12268281fattened
pattened11299391pattened
rattened9218621rattened
attend7258972_atten_d
attended1035762_attended
attuned835172_attuned
bantered113313632bantered
bartend1038752barten_d
bartended1344662bartended
bartered113113012bartered
batted95623652batt__ed
batten85217122batten__
batteners11238162batteners
battens95313262batten_s
batterer102713212batterer
battled104213122batt_led
bettered113011842bettered
bittered112711832bittered
blattered12198572blattered
buttered112712622buttered
buttoned1137502buttoned
fastened12257852fastened
fattener11268112fattener
flattened13185302flattened
hastened12239102hastened
kittened1334522kittened
latened8711922la_tened
mattered112412902mattered
mittened1136362mittened
nattered92011622nattered
pattered112714202pattered
patterned1265742patterned
rattener8238532rattener
tattered92011442tattered
tautened935422tautened
yattered12239532yattered

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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059393.61033534.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691394.06243990.9
 
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