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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forguitar” 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.

15 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
guitar711744(None) 
guitars8116861guitars
gaiter73819502gaiter
goiter74116202goiter
guar56923292gu__ar
guider84313522guider
guisard954202guisard
gular6314832gu_lar
gutta64613382gutta_
guttae73210582guttae
gutter73817712gutter
quintar16478602quintar
sitar54820542_sitar
suiter64121812suiter
suitor63311052suitor

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551152.53032628.9
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691152.89061830.8