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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 “smotherer” 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.

56 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
smotherer144463(None) 
smothered1545681smothered
smotherers1543811smotherers
mothered142310102_mothered
smatterer11185812smatterer
smother123510212smoth__er
smothers13349932smother_s
smothery16296062smother_y
blatherer14176723blatherer
bothered142110393_bothered
brothered1546003brothered
coherer122912783_co_herer
ditherer12187763_ditherer
furtherer1543813furtherer
gatherer12147913_gatherer
isothere1145793isothere_
isotheres1246333isotheres
latherer111310453_latherer
miterer92511333_mit_erer
mother113718643_moth__er
motherly16346093_motherly
mothers123717623_mother_s
mothery153710513_mother_y
mothier121910213_moth_ier
motleyer1343263_motleyer
mutterer10218913_mutterer
pothered142311043_pothered
potterer102310263_potterer
scatterer11186293scatterer
scouthered1643643scouthered
shatterer12177203shatterer
showerer1436163sho_werer
slathered13148553slathered
slithered13136623slithered
slobberer13153443slobberer
smattered12186783smattered
smatterers12174873smatterers
smitheries1546053smitheries
smithers13369793smither_s
smithery16325703smither_y
smoldered1343793smoldered
smoothened1642483smoothened
smoother13196673smooth__er
smoothers14206043smoother_s
smothering1646013smothering
soberer93110353s_o_berer
solderer947183s_olderer
soother104215043sooth__er
soothers113913433soother_s
sorcerer1036433s_orcerer
sputterer11165263sputterer
steerer73113633s__teerer
stutterer9164913stutterer
swithered16135463swithered
totterer8217793_totterer
witherer14187953_witherer

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641567.53319732.0
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691567.98322383.9
 
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