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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 “putterer” 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.

42 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
putterer1020991(None) 
mutterer10218911mutterer
patterer103112171patterer
potterer102310261potterer
puttered112611141puttered
putterers11238361putterers
sputterer11165261sputterer
utterer71910461_utterer
austerer838382austerer
batterer102713212batterer
bitterer10309772bitterer
buttered112712622buttered
butterier1177452butterier
fetterer11207812fetterer
flutterer12185262flutterer
guttered10259162guttered
letterer8259222letterer
litterer82810172litterer
muttered112610792muttered
mutterers11247372mutterers
palterer102411282palterer
pattered112714202pattered
patterers112410122patterers
pesterer102412712pesterer
pewterer13256312pewterer
pottered112311662pottered
potterers11218662potterers
poulterer1145422poulterer
puckerer1645792puckerer
puttee85919722putte_e_
puttees93612912putte_es
putter83921442putt__er
putters94219192putter_s
puttier93314502putt_ier
splutterer12132742splutterer
sputtered12166322sputtered
sputterers12174582sputterers
stutterer9164912stutterer
titterer8268522titterer
totterer8217792totterer
uttered82712432_uttered
utterers8218652_utterers

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 Limit121059423.78032026.2
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691424.18642687.8
 
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