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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 “bickered” 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.

31 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
bickered1710800(None) 
bickerer16106771bickerer
dickered16117531dickered
nickered15117021nickered
bicker144819172bicker__
bickerers17115592bickerers
bickers154316552bicker_s
bistered112913332bistered
bittered112711832bittered
blinkered1644412blinkered
brokered1536082brokered
bucketed1736762bucketed
bucklered1844542bucklered
bunkered15177182bunkered
cockered17710212cockered
dackered16116892dackered
flickered1943752flickered
lackered15108672lackered
nickeled15115512nickeled
pickeered1843462pickeered
pickerel1645272pickerel
picketed17167382picketed
puckered1736102puckered
shickered19115722shickered
sickened1546782sickened
snickered16115342snickered
suckered1537832suckered
ticketed15146642ticketed
tinkered1387682tinkered
tuckered1535962tuckered
whickered22114032whickered

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059313.42035397.4
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.84346497.8
 
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