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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 “pewters” 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.

87 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
pewters12411335(None) 
pelters93720311pelters
pesters93827091pesters
peters86624591pe_ters
petters93722361petters
pewter114013671pewter_
powters124015661powters
beaters94925042beaters
belters93819412belters
betters94422092betters
centers94420602centers
deters74724682de_ters
dewaters122910722dewaters
eaters65535952_eaters
enters64425642_enters
esters64627732_esters
ewers86018822_ew_ers
festers104121392festers
fetters103517902fetters
getters84216102getters
heaters104225222heaters
hefters134312002hefters
hewers123715272hew_ers
jesters144118192jesters
kelters113813752kelters
letters73819852letters
meeters94714542meeters
melters93918312melters
meters85625832me_ters
mewlers12288982mewlers
nesters74422792nesters
netters73618582netters
neuters74212272neuters
palters94021682palters
pasters94531732pasters
paters84935832p_aters
patters94825192patters
pawers114818782paw_ers
pawners124311072pawners
peckers153312672peckers
pectens11189202pectens
pedlers103013272pedlers
peelers93615592peelers
peepers113713672peepers
peers75130272pe__ers
pelter83321622pelter_
penners93414182penners
pensters103012122pensters
peppers103311442peppers
perter84422282perter_
pester84827592pester_
peter74427592pe_ter_
petter83924772petter_
pewees11311392pew_ees
pewterer13256312pewterer
pewterers14216042pewterers
platers93924092platers
pleaters103613792pleaters
porters93722702porters
posters93928012posters
potters94024342potters
pouters94221872pouters
powders134111552powders
powers113822322pow_ers
powter114116032powter_
praters94921652praters
presters103419002presters
punters93617042punters
putters94219192putters
renters74224812renters
resters74130402resters
seaters74028942seaters
setters73822062setters
sewers94719722sew_ers
specters122811062specters
spelters103912242spelters
spewers124210662spew_ers
teeters74018302teeters
tenters73921102tenters
testers74124542testers
tetters74320472tetters
venters103717732venters
vetters104016322vetters
welters103516062welters
westers105221962westers
wetters103817752wetters
zesters163517292zesters

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671873.40631612.2
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691873.80946912.8
 
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