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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 “utterer” 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.

34 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
utterer7191046(None) 
mutterer10218911mutterer
putterer10209911putterer
uttered82712441uttered
utterers8218651utterers
alterer72714012alterer
austerer838382austerer
batterer102713222batterer
bitterer10309782bitterer
buttered112712632buttered
butterier1177462butterier
caterer92815952caterer
enterer72015632enterer
fetterer11207812fetterer
flutterer12185262flutterer
guttered10259172guttered
letterer8259222letterer
litterer82810172litterer
miterer92511332miterer
muttered112610802muttered
mutterers11247372mutterers
patterer103112182patterer
potterer102310262potterer
puttered112611152puttered
putterers11238362putterers
sputterer11165262sputterer
steerer73113632steerer
stutterer9164912stutterer
titterer8268522titterer
totterer8217792totterer
utter54218762utt__er
utterly1035442utterly
utters63817122utter_s
waterer103314082waterer

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671342.81338276.2
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.18656086.3
 
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