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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 “paltered” 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.

54 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
paltered11301248(None) 
altered83215731_altered
faltered122810981faltered
haltered123112551haltered
palterer102411271palterer
pattered112714201pattered
peltered112510451peltered
alterer72713992_alterer
bantered113313632bantered
bartered113113012bartered
battered113315052battered
cantered113415982cantered
catered103117772ca_tered
falterer11239852falterer
filtered12259042filtered
gartered10319582gartered
haltere103614702haltere_
halteres113414592halteres
mastered112614002mastered
mattered112412902mattered
nattered92011622nattered
palavered1543922palavered
palleted1139872palleted
palter84423262palter__
palterers11249532palterers
palters94021682palter_s
pampered15229232pampered
pandered121812572pandered
papered122513172pa_pered
partnered1244482partnered
pastored1139962pastored
pastured1138232pastured
pattened11299392pattened
patterer103112172patterer
patterned1265742patterned
paupered13216942paupered
pestered112814972pestered
petered103314972p_etered
philtered1545492philtered
pilfered1435852pilfered
plastered1288892plastered
portered112311542portered
pottered112311662pottered
prealtered1344942prealtered
puttered112611142puttered
raftered1237662raftered
realtered1037892realtered
spattered12187642spattered
tattered92011442tattered
unaltered1037722unaltered
waitered1238752waitered
watered113014952wa_tered
weltered12238432weltered
yattered12239532yattered

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059544.11029454.7
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691544.51339594.7
 
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