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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 “easterner” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

63 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
easterner94505(None) 
easterners1044821easterners
eastern74412532eastern__
fastener11227832faste_ner
hastener11259132haste_ner
sterner7411912__sterner
westerner1244962westerner
alterer72714003_alter_er
asperser10408303_asperser
asserter877573_asserter
astern64815813_astern__
asternal858323_asternal
austerer838383auster_er
banterer102811773banter_er
barterer102711633barter_er
battener10369393batte_ner
batterer102713213batter_er
caserne93710063cas_erne_
casernes103810753cas_ernes
caterer92815943ca_ter_er
chastener1445703chaste_ner
discerner1246943discerner
eagerer8248823ea_ger_er
earner63617223ea___rner
easter65027983east___er
easterlies1046713easterlies
easterly11246643easter_ly
easters75125683easter__s
eateries8324313ea_teries
enterer72015633e_nter_er
eterne6311723e__terne_
externe1438573e_xterne_
externes1539833e_xternes
falterer11239863falter_er
fastened12257853faste_ned
fasteners12237053faste_ners
fattener11268113fatte_ner
fosterer11239523foster_er
hastened12239103haste_ned
hasteners12267813haste_ners
heartener1256763hearte_ner
lateener835763la_teener
listener8158313liste_ner
mastered112614003master_ed
masteries111018493masteries
oysterer1136103oyster_er
palterer102411283palter_er
pastern94415063pastern__
pasterns104112623pastern_s
pasturer1037523pastur_er
patterer103112173patter_er
patterned1265743patterned
pesterer102412713pester_er
plasterer1178113plaster_er
rattener8238533ratte_ner
sauterne846253sauterne_
sauternes947023sauternes
taverner1134423ta_verner
wasterie111211583wasterie_
wasteries121115343wasteries
waterer103314073wa_ter_er
waterier11312083wa_terier
westerners1344473westerners

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641637.98618612.7
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691638.43621182.0
 
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