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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 “philanderers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
philanderers185167(None) 
philanderer1752091philanderer_
philandered1852242philandere_d
philanders1644272philand__ers
hinderers1337353_hi__nderers
panderers12229153p___anderers
philander1544063philand__er_
philandering1962573philandering
plunderers1343333p__lunderers
slanderers1145143__slanderers
bilanders1235964_biland__ers
blunderers1343944__blunderers
calenderers1452214_calenderers
hankerers16226714_h__ankerers
hinderer1238274_hi__nderer_
launderers1183874___launderers
meanderers1343804__meanderers
palaverers1542714p_ala_verers
panderer112210914p___anderer_
phalangers1673764phalan__gers
pilferers1444584p_il__ferers
plasterers1286124p__lasterers
plunderer1243754p__lunderer_
ponderers12248454p___onderers
slanderer1046674__slanderer_
squanderers2151424_squanderers
thunderers1443974th__underers
wanderers13228484___wanderers

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit124790286.50019198.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.88925938.6
 
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