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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 “watered” 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.

76 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
watered11301495(None) 
catered103117761catered
wafered14288431wafered
wagered12299331wagered
waitered1238751waitered
waterbed1436441waterbed
waterer103314071waterer
wavered142910431wavered
altered83215732altered
bantered113313632bantered
bartered113113012bartered
battered113315052battered
cantered113415982cantered
capered123014042capered
caterer92815932caterer
cratered1149672cratered
dewatered1444742dewatered
entered82718882entered
faltered122810982faltered
fathered151510432fathered
gartered10319582gartered
gathered13149372gathered
haltered123112552haltered
hatred104814332hat_red
havered144011452havered
lagered92311152lagered
latened8711922latened
laterad8310832laterad
lathered121512322lathered
layered11259412layered
mastered112614002mastered
mattered112412902mattered
matured10310032matured
metered103514012metered
mitered103213232mitered
nattered92011622nattered
natured838962natured
paltered113012482paltered
papered122513162papered
pattered112714202pattered
petered103314962petered
raftered1237662raftered
sabered103213022sabered
tabered103311592tabered
tapered102612932tapered
tattered92011442tattered
unwatered1345682unwatered
uttered82712432uttered
wagerer11328492wagerer
waired106015832wa_ired
wakened1546872wakened
wandered132110792wandered
wared96339872wa__red
warred104019842wa_rred
watched163012822watched
water84733312water__
waterbeds1544882waterbeds
waterers112312782waterers
waterhead1644392waterhead
waterhen1485302waterhen
waterier11312082waterier
waterjet1848292waterjet
watermen1377612watermen
waters95030622water_s
watershed1644632watershed
waterweed1644622waterweed
watery123914492water_y
wattled113610502wattled
waverer13319522waverer
weathered16168512weathered
weltered12238432weltered
westered122511862westered
wintered122111572wintered
withered15169432withered
wuthered15157432wuthered
yattered12239532yattered

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671766.61016289.1
3Display Results76760.0631206.3
 (SQL Overall)178691766.81326227.9
 
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