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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 “heartier” 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.

38 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
heartier113909(None) 
hearties11315411hearties
artier63419732__artier
chertier1387872che_rtier
earlier72612742_earlier
earthier1137442_earthier
hardier114721542h_ardier
harrier104417752h_arrier
hastier103916622h_astier
headier113212952hea_dier
healthier1544252healthier
hearer94323642hear__er
hearted113314022heart_ed
hearten102411752heart_en
heartener1256762heartener
heartiest12311102heartiest
heartily1436562heartily
hearting12513122hearting
heater94828302hea_t_er
heather133914852hea_ther
heathier1438342heathier
heavier13429422hea_vier
heftier1337202he_ftier
herbier1239592he_rbier
hoarier104211742hoar_ier
learier73415662lear_ier
meatier93214612mea_tier
nearlier836792nearlier
partier93520712_partier
pearlier1037322pearlier
pearter9412742peart_er
peatier94017232pea_tier
quartier1737542quartier
tartier74123262_tartier
tearier73815612tear_ier
wartier103413912_wartier
wearier103613282wear_ier
yeastier1135392yeastier

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059383.34336212.7
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.73247880.8
 
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