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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 “faltered” 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.

43 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
faltered12281098(None) 
altered83215731_altered
falterer11239851falterer
filtered12259041filtered
haltered123112551haltered
paltered113012481paltered
alterer72713992_alterer
bantered113313632bantered
bartered113113012bartered
battered113315052battered
cantered113415982cantered
catered103117772ca_tered
factored1436212factored
falter94519052falter__
falterers12238032falterers
falters103916472falter_s
fastened12257852fastened
fathered151510432fathered
fattened12268282fattened
festered122512102festered
fettered12259492fettered
filterer11258142filterer
flattered13188622flattered
fleered11309502f_leered
fostered122210452fostered
fullered1236382fullered
gartered10319582gartered
haltere103614702haltere_
halteres113414592halteres
mastered112614002mastered
mattered112412902mattered
nattered92011622nattered
palterer102411272palterer
pattered112714202pattered
peltered112510442peltered
raftered1237662raftered
realtered1037892realtered
tattered92011442tattered
unaltered1037722unaltered
waitered1238752waitered
watered113014952wa_tered
weltered12238432weltered
yattered12239532yattered

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059433.59333693.0
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.74947663.6
 
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