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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 “dithered” 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.

30 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
dithered1318929(None) 
ditherer12187761ditherer
withered15169431withered
bittered112711832bittered
blithered15156122blithered
bothered142110392bothered
ciphered1637052ciphered
diapered1238002diapered
dickered16117532dickered
differed1635522differed
dither104417682dither__
ditherers13196682ditherers
dithers114016152dither_s
dithery14318942dither_y
fathered151510432fathered
gathered13149382gathered
inhered11313162_inhered
jittered16267222jittered
lathered121512332lathered
littered92511382littered
mitered103213232mit_ered
mothered142310102mothered
pothered142311042pothered
slithered13136622slithered
swithered16135462swithered
tethered1238492tethered
tittered9239492tittered
witherer14187952witherer
witherod15156152witherod
wuthered15157432wuthered

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059305.07623849.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.88830348.3
 
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