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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 “pothunters” 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.

28 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
pothunters154334(None) 
pothunter1443511pothunter_
bowhunters1841682bowhunters
foxhunters2341702foxhunters
nonhunters1344732nonhunters
bowhunter1741753bowhunter_
chunters133910903__chunters
counters103320193co__unters
foxhunter2241753foxhunter_
hunters103915733___hunters
mounters103712503mo__unters
nonhunter1245053nonhunter_
pointers103013723po__inters
polluters1135033pollu_ters
pothers123818623poth___ers
potholders1644343potholders
pothunting1643653pothunting
pothuntings1751593pothuntings
potometers1449063potometers
potters94024343pot___ters
poulters103911053po__ulters
pouncers12349203po__uncers
pounders113113283po__unders
pouters94221873po__u_ters
punters93617043p___unters
shunters113210753__shunters
taunters8259273__taunters
thunders1236953__thunders

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603287.06319907.0
3Display Results28280.33084.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.79922912.0
 
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