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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 “sportier” 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.

45 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
sportier10201005(None) 
sporter93616551sport_er
spottier10207311spottier
partier93520712_partier
porkier133712342_porkier
pornier93413132_pornier
porter84224412_port_er
portiere1038772_portiere
portlier1038372_portlier
pottier93516492_pottier
poutier93215322_poutier
purtier93214092_purtier
shirtier1137942shirtier
shorter103515502short_er
shortie10411342shortie_
shorties11414582shorties
snootier8278382snootier
snorter74412662snort_er
snottier8217382snottier
snoutier8206972snoutier
sootier73916612s_ootier
sorrier72313732s_orrier
sorter64425092s_ort_er
sortie63621992s_ortie_
sortied83314102s_ortied
sorties74126402s_orties
sparkier14298032sparkier
sparrier10329142sparrier
spirier93214072spir_ier
spongier1135742spongier
spookier14175492spookier
spoonier10167652spoonier
sported104015432sport_ed
sporters103714062sport_ers
sportiest111711022sportiest
sportif1238802sporti_f
sportily1337732sportily
sporting112415462sporting
sportive1348332sportive
spotter94514882spo_tter
spouter94213222spout_er
sprier84119062sp_r_ier
spurrier10297692spurrier
spurter94013002spurt_er
stormier1036102stormier

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059453.42035397.4
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.82646704.4
 
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