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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 “battering” 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.

61 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
battering12271515(None) 
bantering122414241bantering
bartering122313651bartering
battening12268861battening
bettering122212761bettering
bittering122512001bittering
blattering13108721blattering
buttering122312531buttering
mattering122314061mattering
nattering102212221nattering
pattering122314431pattering
tattering102212331tattering
yattering132410451yattering
altering91917122_altering
attiring939482_attiring
bacterin12410282bacterin_
bacterins13410652bacterins
badgering1436972badgering
bannering12208812bannering
barbering14229692barbering
batterie10711542batteri_e
batteries11615132batteries
batting104422272batt__ing
battling113110492batt_ling
betattering1444142betattering
blathering16107582blathering
bothering152210202bothering
cantering122417382cantering
catering112019912ca_tering
chattering16108642chattering
clattering13109232clattering
faltering132211122faltering
fathering161010092fathering
fattening13287832fattening
fettering132310512fettering
flattering1498742flattering
gartering112111592gartering
gathering1499462gathering
gettering112310032gettering
guttering112410442guttering
haltering132212012haltering
jittering17218422jittering
lathering13912252lathering
lettering102112072lettering
littering102411982littering
mastering122315312mastering
muttering122611322muttering
paltering122612902paltering
patterning1346072patterning
pottering122612002pottering
puttering122611642puttering
rattening10288762rattening
scattering1398012scattering
shattering1498282shattering
smattering1397582smattering
spattering13107792spattering
tittering102310312tittering
tottering10229612tottering
uttering91613082_uttering
waitering13310722waitering
watering122316322wa_tering

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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436613.35636184.7
3Display Results61610.0331848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691613.81246875.9
 
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