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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 “bitterer” 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.

43 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
bitterer1030977(None) 
batterer102713211batterer
bittered112711831bittered
litterer82810171litterer
titterer8268521titterer
banterer102811772banterer
barterer102711632barterer
battener10369392battener
battered113315052battered
batterers113110712batterers
bettered113011842bettered
bickerer16106772bickerer
bistered112913332bistered
bitter84622672bitt__er
bitterest1147712bitterest
bitterly1335602bitterly
bittern94810682bitter_n
bitterns10428952bitterns
bitters94920362bitter_s
bittier94211662bitt_ier
buttered112712622buttered
butterier1177452butterier
ditherer12187762ditherer
fetterer11207812fetterer
filterer11258142filterer
fritterer12234402fritterer
jittered16267222jittered
jitterier1644432jitterier
letterer8259222letterer
littered92511382littered
litterers9228192litterers
miterer92511332mi_terer
mutterer10218912mutterer
patterer103112172patterer
potterer102310262potterer
putterer10209912putterer
tittered9239492tittered
titterers9236992titterers
totterer8217792totterer
twitterer1243302twitterer
utterer71910462_utterer
winterer112110442winterer
witherer14187952witherer

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059433.44035191.6
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.84346497.8
 
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