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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 “bittered” 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.

61 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
bittered11271183(None) 
battered113315051battered
bettered113011841bettered
bistered112913331bistered
bitterer10309771bitterer
buttered112712621buttered
jittered16267221jittered
littered92511381littered
tittered9239491tittered
bantered113313632bantered
bartered113113012bartered
battened11259572battened
batterer102713212batterer
bickered17108002bickered
bistred103311852bist_red
bitted94418482bitt__ed
bitter84622672bitter__
bitterest1147712bitterest
bitterly1335602bitterly
bittern94810682bitter_n
bitterns10428952bitterns
bitters94920362bitter_s
bitterweed1642752bitterweed
blattered12198572blattered
blistered12167682blistered
blithered15156122blithered
bothered142110392bothered
chittered15166412chittered
cottered112511742cottered
dithered13189292dithered
embittered1542542embittered
fettered12259492fettered
filtered12259042filtered
flittered13196252flittered
frittered13205162frittered
gettered10258612gettered
glittered11195412glittered
guttered10259162guttered
imbittered1542082imbittered
kittened1334522kittened
lettered92910782lettered
litterer82810172litterer
mattered112412902mattered
mitered103213232mi_tered
mittened1136362mittened
muttered112610792muttered
nattered92011622nattered
pattered112714202pattered
pottered112311662pottered
puttered112611142puttered
sintered92213902sintered
sistered92612802sistered
skittered1434632skittered
tattered92011442tattered
titterer8268522titterer
tottered9208702tottered
twittered1333812twittered
uttered82712432_uttered
wintered122111572wintered
withered15169432withered
yattered12239532yattered

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059613.40635542.9
3Display Results61610.0331848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691613.85946305.0
 
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