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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 “theater” 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.

58 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
theater10401425(None) 
cheater124816951cheater
heater94828301_heater
theaters114211891theaters
theatre10358491theatre
treater74219831treater
beater84729392_beater
bleater94515302bleater
cheaper144010582cheaper
cheated134416342cheated
cheaters133613502cheaters
eater54639842__eater
feater95224052_feater
greater84416492greater
hater85034752_h_ater
header104422542_header
healer94221802_healer
heaper114119522_heaper
hearer94323642_hearer
heated104525592_heated
heaters104225212_heaters
heather133914852_heather
heaver124819672_heaver
hefter124313922_hefter
neater64424312_neater
pleater93916332pleater
reheater113413032reheater
seater64534152_seater
shearer104414682shearer
sheather1458212sheather
sheeter103814902sheeter
shelter103214952shelter
sweater103712722sweater
tater54138612t__ater
tearer64822902t_earer
teaser65421522t_easer
teated74924022t_eated
teeter65420312t_eeter
tenter64623932t_enter
tester64227152t_ester
tetter64322452t_etter
thaler94613102th_aler
thawer12489342th_awer
theatres11298632theatres
thecate123210022thecate_
thewier1336062thewier
threader1256732threader
threaper1345142threaper
threated1259202threated
threaten1146302threaten
thwarter1433392thwarter
treader84113822treader
treated83618702treated
treaters83615822treaters
tweeter10288532tweeter
wheatear1442562wheatear
wheaten1336402wheaten
whetter13348802whetter

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911076710.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671587.87613670.8
3Display Results58580.0331757.6
 (SQL Overall)178691588.18921820.9
 
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