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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 “caterers” 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.

41 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
caterers10281440(None) 
caperers122611721caperers
caterer92815941caterer_
cateress102311611cateress
waterers112312781waterers
alterers82512492alterers
banterers112410002banterers
barterers11269632barterers
batterers113110712batterers
caperer113013402caperer_
capturers1344632capturers
careerers1137242careerers
careers95218782care_ers
carers85133962ca__rers
catbriers1344142catbriers
catchers153114062catchers
caterans10313222caterans
catered103117772catere_d
caters85336502cat__ers
catheters1437012catheters
charterers15146052charterers
chatterers15205462chatterers
cheerers13319542cheerers
clatterers12155422clatterers
coherers132310732coherers
coverers132712122coverers
enterers82214152enterers
falterers12238032falterers
gatherers13156882gatherers
latherers12158852latherers
maturers1037382maturers
miterers10219682miterers
palterers11249532palterers
paperers122410452paperers
patterers112410122patterers
scatterers12205042scatterers
taperers10269772taperers
utterers8218652utterers
wagerers12247612wagerers
waterer103314072waterer_
waverers14318612waverers

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059413.87331257.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.26541897.1
 
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