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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 “cautery” 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.

37 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
cautery1234959(None) 
cattery123811601cattery
acutely1246122acutely
acuter84412862acuter_
artery9911452_artery
battery124911812battery
cannery123610012cannery
canter85230112canter_
canters94827732canters
carter84932272carter_
carters95327252carters
caster85232572caster_
casters94729902casters
cater74840722ca_ter_
caters85336502ca_ters
causer84117782causer_
causers94014792causers
causey113513272cause_y
chattery16357272chattery
clattery13378192clattery
clustery13317112clustery
cluttery13346322cluttery
couter84930222couter_
couters93827302couters
cutely115312802c_utely
cuter74728232c_uter_
cutesy114810732c_utesy
cutey105819792c_ute_y
cutlery12448392c_utlery
daubery13396212daubery
eatery95316352ea_tery
gaudery1234742gaudery
mastery124214322mastery
mattery123810712mattery
tauter64318022tauter_
wastery134610992wastery
watery123914492wa_tery

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 Filter1786911076710.513348325.5
2DLD Change Limit107671373.06335152.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.59249746.9
 
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