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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 “bartering” 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.

40 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
bartering12231365(None) 
bantering122414241bantering
barbering14229691barbering
battering122715151battering
gartering112111591gartering
altering91917122_altering
bacterin12410282bacterin_
bacterins13410652bacterins
badgering1436972badgering
bannering12208812bannering
barreling1238042barreling
barring104021592bar__ring
bartending1444912bartending
battening12268862battening
bettering122212762bettering
bittering122512002bittering
blattering13108722blattering
bordering1338832bordering
buttering122312532buttering
cantering122417382cantering
careering12311202careering
catering112019912ca_tering
chartering16109252chartering
cratering12312652cratering
faltering132211122faltering
garnering11298092garnering
haltering132212012haltering
martyring1535782martyring
mastering122315312mastering
mattering122314062mattering
nattering102212222nattering
paltering122612902paltering
partnering1345552partnering
pattering122314432pattering
portering122012302portering
quartering2045852quartering
tattering102212332tattering
waitering13310722waitering
watering122316322wa_tering
yattering132410452yattering

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 Filter1786911214360.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121436404.29628267.2
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691404.74937627.1
 
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