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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 “distemper” 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.

33 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
distemper144485(None) 
distempers1544291distempers
dismember1643982dismember
distempered1752862distempered
distender11167742distender
attemper12103633_attemper
disarmer1138033disarm_er
discerner1246943discerner
dismembers1743773dismembers
dispeller12146983dispeller
dispenser12128323dispenser
disperser12109083disperser
dissembler1544313dissembler
dissenter1059133dissenter
dissever12107653disse_ver
distemperate1762493distemperate
distempering1852943distempering
distended12157923distended
distenders12166733distenders
distiller1046673distiller
distome10313233distom_e_
distomes11314163distom_es
distorter1048403distorter
disturber12165123disturber
listener8158313liste_ner
retemper1235183_retemper
stamper113714403__stamper
steeper93812773__steeper
stemmer113210183__stemmer
stepper113010853__stepper
stomper114111233__stomper
stumper113610093__stumper
temper103914093___temper

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641337.11020905.9
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.52923733.7
 
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