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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 “battery” 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.

75 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
battery12491182(None) 
batter84928881batter_
batters94626021batters
buttery124311191buttery
cattery123811601cattery
mattery123810711mattery
artery9911452_artery
baiter84422562baiter_
baiters94619312baiters
bakery155911002ba_kery
banter84825342banter_
banters94623122banters
barter85525382barter_
barters94223052barters
baster85333602baster_
basters94930312basters
bather115322512bather_
bathers124720362bathers
batteau936352batteau
batted95623652batte_d
batten85217122batte_n
battens95313262battens
battered113315072battered
batterer102713222batterer
batterie10711542batterie
battier93515722battier_
battler94113382battler_
battlers104110972battlers
batty105422242batt__y
better84723702better_
betters94422092betters
bitter84622672bitter_
bitterly1335602bitterly
bittern94810682bittern
bitters94920362bitters
blatter94415652blatter_
blatters104414092blatters
bootery1238982bootery
butlery12369422butlery
butter84724232butter_
butters94521722butters
cautery12349592cautery
chattery16357272chattery
clattery13378192clattery
eatery95316352ea_tery
fatter94523212fatter_
flattery14338292flattery
guttery11427762guttery
hatter94724872hatter_
hatters104221522hatters
jittery17346442jittery
lathery133911122lathery
latter65027892latter_
latterly1136062latterly
littery103710492littery
lottery10389832lottery
mastery124214322mastery
matter84325342matter_
matters94421752matters
natter64420742natter_
natters73718062natters
patter84628262patter_
pattern93712052pattern
patters94825192patters
pottery123011072pottery
ratter64326312ratter_
ratters74422472ratters
tatter64024572tatter_
tatters74520482tatters
tottery10388482tottery
wastery134610992wastery
watery123914502wa_tery
watter93221982watter_
yatter94116212yatter_
yatters103914622yatters

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911076711.126158695.4
2DLD Change Limit107671754.81322370.9
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691755.96929936.5
 
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