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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 “dilater” 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.

47 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
dilater8351565(None) 
dilate73220691dilate_
dilated93115821dilated
dilaters92513061dilaters
dilates83220661dilates
dilator82712791dilator
diluter8319661diluter
bilayer12347802bilayer
dater65332312d__ater
debater104114692debater
deflater123211602deflater
delate73827752delate_
delated93722872delated
delates83526282delates
delator83015032delator
delayer113010532delayer
dewater112912422dewater
dialer74315432di_aler
dialler848812dialler
diaper94513112di_aper
diaster82813312diaster
diester83013682diester
dieter73516772di_eter
dilators93213202dilators
dilatory12279282dilatory
dilute72911802dilute_
diluted9248932diluted
diluters9288112diluters
dilutes82911972dilutes
dilutor8256012dilutor
dimeter10411892dimeter
diopter1038472diopter
disaster949942disaster
elater64724202_elater
filter94517632fil_ter
idolater936862idolater
irater65218352_irater
jilter133512512jil_ter
kilter103714342kil_ter
later54843922__later
milter84921232mil_ter
pilaster1038162pilaster
plater84427692_plater
relater73723142relater
slater64429182_slater
tilter63417692til_ter
violater1137252violater

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671472.97036252.9
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.35953197.7
 
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