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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 “crabeater” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

41 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
crabeater134559(None) 
crabeaters1444501crabeaters
trabeate1049482trabeate_
trabeated1246842trabeated
abater85518123__ab_ater
abetter958323__abetter
beater84729393___beater
carpenter1346493carpenter
caseate9314783c_aseate_
caseated11310713c_aseated
caseates10313713c_aseates
caveated1439133c_aveated
caveator1387233c_aveator
cheater124816963c__heater
combater1439383comb_ater
crabber133810733crab__ber
crabbier14326803crab_bier
crabmeat1445483crabmeat__
crabmeats1542993crabmeat_s
crafter124111333cra__fter
craniate10312563craniate_
craniates11310653craniates
crater85026643cr___ater
creamer113714083cr__eamer
creaser94415723cr__easer
create85126383cr__eate_
created104323453cr__eated
creates95225203cr__eates
creator93714433cr__eator
cupbearer1542403cupbearer
drumbeater1552033drumbeater
eggbeater1341783eggbeater
graywater1643283graywater
greater84416493gr__eater
preheater1448913preheater
rabbiter1234673_rabbiter
rebater93517913_reb_ater
reheater113413033_reheater
repeater102615443_repeater
toadeater1044833toadeater
treater74219833tr__eater

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641416.51322822.2
3Display Results41410.0331242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691416.71926594.9
 
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