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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpater” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

33 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
pater7474072(None) 
apter76120201apter
cater74840701cater
dater65332311dater
eater54639841eater
gater64533641gater
hater85034751hater
later54843921later
mater74438861mater
oater55433731oater
pacer96131611pacer
pager84728201pager
paler75436931paler
palter84423261palter
paper95128661paper
parer75839901parer
paster85734371paster
pate65350461pate_
pated85237841pated
paten74827341paten
paters84935821paters
pates76047891pates
patter84628261patter
patzer173111641patzer
paver104225831paver
pawer104422971pawer
payer105125721payer
peter74427591peter
plater84427691plater
prater84825351prater
rater54943281rater
tater54138611tater
water84733311water

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit28756330.64044931.3
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691330.703254183.5