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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 “dewaters” 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.

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
dewaters12291072(None) 
debaters113511921debaters
dewater112912421dewater_
beaters94925042be_aters
daters74827372d__aters
dealers84118612de_alers
debasers11377902debasers
debater104114692debater_
debates103718532debate_s
decanters12229222decanters
decayers14307962decayers
defacers14237992defacers
defamers14258522defamers
defeaters13289102defeaters
deflaters13298702deflaters
delates83526282delate_s
delators92314832delators
delayers12268662delayers
derates84028892derate_s
desalters1037672desalters
deters74724682de__ters
dewars105117072dewa__rs
dewatered1444742dewatered
dewaterer1343712dewaterer
dewaterers1442932dewaterers
dewaxes18297842dewaxe_s
dilaters92513062dilaters
dowagers1334892dowagers
eaters65535952_e_aters
elaters74420192_elaters
eyewaters1543602eyewaters
heaters104225222he_aters
negaters9349782negaters
pewters124113352pew_ters
rebaters103413942rebaters
relaters83218152relaters
seaters74028942se_aters
seawaters1235712seawaters
sweaters113811062sweaters
tidewaters1443462tidewaters
waters95030642__waters

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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059413.97030493.5
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691414.41940437.0
 
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