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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 “saltern” 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.

41 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
saltern7401065(None) 
salter64325081salter_
salterns8388901salterns
salters73622251salters
alter54828502_alter_
alters64924222_alters
astern64815812_astern
eastern74412532eastern
falter94519052falter_
falters103916472falters
halter94420882halter_
haltere103614702haltere
halters104619802halters
lantern7310012lantern
palter84423262palter_
palters94021682palters
pastern94415062pastern
pattern93712052pattern
psalter9247812psalter_
psalters10227712psalters
psaltery13224732psaltery
salted74121202salte_d
saltest71916512saltest
saltier74318632saltier_
saltiers83411952saltiers
saltire73113032saltire
saltpan935302saltpan
saluter73512452saluter_
saluters8319862saluters
salver94617752salver_
salvers103916002salvers
santera7311302santera
santero7311132santero
sateen63815012sa_teen
sauterne846252sauterne
silvern10347142silvern
slater64429182slater_
slaters73123732slaters
slattern837092slattern
stern55319122s__tern
subaltern1143242subaltern

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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671414.09326306.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.85936775.3
 
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