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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 “entered” 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.

64 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
entered8271888(None) 
centered112513521centered
enterer72015631enterer
tentered96412101tentered
altered83215742altered
angered93013472angered
anteed75616112ante_ed
antired82316192antired
antlered938262antlered
bantered113313632bantered
bettered113011842bettered
cantered113415982cantered
catered103117772catered
centred103411682cent_red
encored10412112encored
endeared1038052endeared
endured93611212endured
enserfed1245192enserfed
ensured83512942ensured
enter54726382enter__
entera64216832enter_a
enteral73516442enteral
enterers82214152enterers
enteric9314212enteric
enteron7313342enteron
enters64425642enter_s
enticed101411192enticed
entire61617702entire_
entires71517782entires
entree61817882ent_ree
entrees71813772entrees
enured73315332en_ured
fendered13258672fendered
festered122512112festered
fettered12259492fettered
gendered11258872gendered
gettered10258612gettered
inhered11313162inhered
interbed112413102interbed
interned93016652interned
interred92615262interred
lettered92910782lettered
mentored1138002mentored
metered103514012metered
mitered103213232mitered
neutered937422neutered
peltered112510452peltered
pestered112814972pestered
petered103314972petered
reentered1038572reentered
rendered102512262rendered
sintered92213902sintered
sneered83113972sneered
teetered9258302teetered
tendered102510602tendered
unentered1037572unentered
untired82316382untired
uttered82712432uttered
veneered1235982veneered
ventured1238272ventured
watered113014952watered
weltered12238432weltered
westered122511872westered
wintered122111572wintered

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671643.23633272.9
3Display Results64640.0302133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691643.63949104.4
 
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