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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 “puttered” 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.

57 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
puttered11261114(None) 
buttered112712621buttered
guttered10259161guttered
muttered112610791muttered
pattered112714201pattered
pottered112311661pottered
putterer10209911putterer
sputtered12166321sputtered
uttered82712431_uttered
battered113315052battered
bettered113011842bettered
bittered112711832bittered
cluttered12185942cluttered
cottered112511732cottered
fettered12259492fettered
fluttered13185942fluttered
gettered10258612gettered
jittered16267222jittered
lettered92910782lettered
littered92511382littered
lustered92510602lustered
mattered112412902mattered
mustered112511502mustered
mutterer10218912mutterer
nattered92011622nattered
paltered113012492paltered
pattened11299392pattened
patterer103112172patterer
patterned1265742patterned
peltered112510452peltered
pestered112814972pestered
petered103314972p_etered
portered112311542portered
pothered142311042pothered
potterer102310262potterer
puckered1736102puckered
putted94220252putt__ed
puttee85919722putte_e_
puttees93612912putte_es
putter83921442putter__
putterers11238362putterers
putters94219192putter_s
puttied103811162putt_ied
reuttered1036072reuttered
scuttered12166422scuttered
shuttered13156332shuttered
spattered12187642spattered
spluttered13153172spluttered
sputterer11165262sputterer
stuttered10145762stuttered
tattered92011442tattered
tittered9239492tittered
tottered9208702tottered
unuttered1065732unuttered
utterer71910462_utterer
wuthered15157432wuthered
yattered12239532yattered

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.533335255.2
2DLD Change Limit121059573.82631641.1
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691574.38940713.4
 
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