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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 “catering” 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.

67 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
catering11201990(None) 
cantering122417371cantering
capering132414961capering
cratering12312651cratering
watering122316311watering
altering91917112altering
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
battering122715142battering
cageling12310842cageling
cambering16109872cambering
cameoing1379062cameoing
cankering162110792cankering
capturing1436622capturing
careering12311202careering
caring95137992ca__ring
catching163712772catching
cateran9313772cateran_
caterans10313222caterans
catling104819792cat_ling
catting103922642cat_ting
caverning1536282caverning
centering122915142centering
cering94522532c__ering
chaptering18107962chaptering
chartering16109252chartering
chattering16108642chattering
cheering143612702cheering
clattering13109232clattering
clavering1538372clavering
cohering142413832cohering
covering142215722covering
cowering142514032cowering
craterings1346002craterings
entering91920052entering
faltering132211112faltering
fathering161010092fathering
gartering112111572gartering
gathering1499462gathering
haltering132212002haltering
havering152211052havering
lagering102212312lagering
latening9711492latening
lathering13912252lathering
layering122310352layering
mastering122315302mastering
mattering122314052mattering
maturing1139952maturing
metering112915632metering
mitering113015402mitering
nattering102212212nattering
paltering122612892paltering
papering132213312papering
pattering122314422pattering
petering112516812petering
sabering112113742sabering
scattering1398012scattering
tabering112211422tabering
tapering112112502tapering
tattering102212322tattering
uttering91613082uttering
wafering15208892wafering
wagering13219522wagering
waitering13310712waitering
waterings13229252waterings
wavering152410542wavering
yattering132410442yattering

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059674.04629920.7
3Display Results67670.0302233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691674.46939984.6
 
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