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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 “banterer” 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.

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
banterer10281178(None) 
bantered113313651bantered
banterers112410011banterers
barterer102711651barterer
batterer102713221batterer
alterer72714012_alterer
bannered11299322bannered
banneret102412472banneret
banter84825342bant__er
banters94623122banter_s
bartered113113032bartered
barterers11269642barterers
battener10369402battener
battered113315072battered
batterers113110722batterers
bitterer10309782bitterer
cantered113415992cantered
caterer92815952ca_terer
enterer72015632_enterer
falterer11239872falterer
hankerer15248232hankerer
palterer102411292palterer
panderer112210912panderer
patterer103112182patterer
saunterer945032saunterer
wanderer122210122wanderer
waterer103314082wa_terer
winterer112110442winterer

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.780229091.0
2DLD Change Limit121059287.51616106.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.31221498.0
 
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