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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 “leatherettes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

26 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
leatherettes155260(None) 
leatherette1452991leatherette_
featheredges2072603featheredges
featurettes1452323feat_urettes
leatherleaves1961473leatherleaves
bannerettes1352304_bannerettes
bleacherites1951824bleacher_ites
elaterites1048284elat_er_ites
farmerettes1652424_farmerettes
featheredge1972714featheredge_
featheredged21102054featheredged
featurette1352864feat_urette_
laterites9715064l_at_er_ites
latherers12158854l_athere__rs
launderettes1351624launderettes
laundrettes1251944l_aundrettes
lazarettes1953014l_a_zarettes
leatherbacks2362094leatherbacks
leathered13148714leather___ed
leatherlike1852844leatherlike_
leathernecks2161544leathernecks
leathers114215084leather____s
leatherwoods1952454leatherwoods
petahertzes2551804petaher_tzes
usherettes1352414__usherettes
weatherizes2645944weather_izes

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790267.53316565.8
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.95222471.2
 
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