Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “exterior” 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.

49 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
exterior154737(None) 
exteriors1647321exteriors
anterior8611052anterior
extensor1543912extensor
exteriorly2083352exteriorly
interior8513092interior
ulterior845442ulterior
dexterity2044343dexterity
eateries8324313eateries
eerier64320023e__erier
emperor1155483emper_or
enterer72015633enter_er
enteric9314213enteri_c
enterics10312853enterics
entering91920053entering
enteron7313333enter_on
esterify1445623esterify
estriol747553est_riol
evertor1038723e_vertor
excelsior1852323excelsior
excerptor2063653excerptor
exertion15310083ex_ertion
exoteric1746803exoteri_c
expeditor1943823expeditor
exsertion1646853exsertion
extempore2053473extempore
extender16146333extender
extension1646293extension
extensors1644083extensors
exteriorise1854633exteriorise
exteriority2153673exteriority
exteriorize2753853exteriorize
extermine1848283extermine
extern1348473exter__n
external1577223external
externe1438573exter_ne
externes1539833externes
externs1438233exter_ns
extorter1546513extorter
extortion1646723extortion
extremer1744653extremer
inferior1156423inferior
interiors9513563interiors
posterior1147833posterior
stertor7310093_stertor
superior10310883superior
termor84412513__termor
terror63811733__terror
waterier11312083waterier

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162496.84321359.3
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691497.27924548.8
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.