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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 “fetterer” 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.

31 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
fetterer1120781(None) 
fettered12259491fettered
fetterers12267041fetterers
letterer8259221letterer
batterer102713212batterer
bettered113011842bettered
bitterer10309772bitterer
enterer72015632_enterer
falterer11239862falterer
fattener11268112fattener
festered122512112festered
fetter94120382fett__er
fetters103517902fetter_s
filterer11258142filterer
flatterer12187682flatterer
flutterer12185262flutterer
fosterer11239522fosterer
fritterer12234402fritterer
gettered10258612gettered
lettered92910782lettered
letterers9228112letterers
litterer82810172litterer
mutterer10218912mutterer
patterer103112172patterer
pesterer102412712pesterer
pewterer13256312pewterer
potterer102310262potterer
putterer10209912putterer
titterer8268522titterer
totterer8217792totterer
utterer71910462_utterer

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059313.67332959.2
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691314.07643839.8
 
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