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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 “altering” 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
altering9191712(None) 
faltering132211121faltering
haltering132212011haltering
paltering122612901paltering
adhering1338882adhering
alerting91312382al_erting
algerine9810282algerine
aliening91510892aliening
alleging1038472alleging
alluring939072alluring
alterant8614962alterant
alterity1149852alterity
angering102113802angering
anteing8312812ante_ing
attiring939482attiring
bantering122414242bantering
bartering122313652bartering
battering122715152battering
cantering122417382cantering
catering112019912catering
entering91920052entering
filtering13199722filtering
fleering123811282fleering
gartering112111592gartering
lagering102212312lagering
latening9711492latening
lathering13912252lathering
layering122310352layering
leering83417642_leering
mastering122315312mastering
mattering122314062mattering
metering112915632metering
mitering113015402mitering
nattering102212222nattering
pattering122314432pattering
peltering122011672peltering
petering112516812petering
realtering1139472realtering
tattering102212332tattering
ulcering1139332ulcering
uttering91613082uttering
waitering13310722waitering
watering122316322watering
weltering13219492weltering
yattering132410452yattering

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059453.89031120.6
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691454.30941469.3
 
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