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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 “faltering” 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.

34 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
faltering13221111(None) 
altering91917111_altering
filtering13199721filtering
haltering132212001haltering
paltering122612891paltering
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
battering122715142battering
cantering122417372cantering
catering112019902ca_tering
factoring1537522factoring
falteringly1843152falteringly
fastening13268602fastening
fathering161010092fathering
fattening13287832fattening
festering132413172festering
fettering132310512fettering
flattering1498742flattering
fleering123811282f_leering
fostering132411262fostering
fullering1336652fullering
gartering112111572gartering
mastering122315302mastering
mattering122314052mattering
nattering102212212nattering
pattering122314422pattering
peltering122011672peltering
realtering1139472realtering
tattering102212322tattering
unfaltering1543262unfaltering
waitering13310712waitering
watering122316312wa_tering
weltering13219492weltering
yattering132410442yattering

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 Filter1786911214360.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121436343.22037713.0
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691343.64049090.9
 
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