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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 “gatherings” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

56 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
gatherings1510529(None) 
gathering1499461gathering_
athelings1345112_athelings
fathering161010092fathering_
featherings18105372featherings
gutterings12224912gutterings
ingatherings17101602ingatherings
lathering13912252lathering_
motherings16255642motherings
waterings13229252wat_erings
weatherings1895262weatherings
adhering1338883_adhering_
atheling1249203_atheling_
battering122715143battering_
blathering16107583blathering_
bothering152210203bothering_
catering112019903cat_ering_
craterings1346003crat_erings
dithering1499853dithering_
feathering17108793feathering_
gandering122111293gandering_
garnering11298083garnering_
gartering112111573gartering_
gatherers13156883gather_ers
gathers114315073gather___s
gatings95212823gat___ings
gettering112310033gettering_
gofferings1842223gofferings
guttering112410443guttering_
hankerings18244753hankerings
ingathering16103013ingathering_
kashering1736253kashering_
lathings12469853lath__ings
lawyerings1752583lawyerings
layerings13235683la_yerings
leathering1488683leathering_
letterings11226003letterings
mattering122314053mattering_
mothering152110183mothering_
nattering102212213nattering_
pattering122314423pattering_
patternings1443183patternings
pothering151911283pothering_
regathering1645203regathering_
scatterings14103973scatterings
slathering14108283slathering_
smatterings14103843smatterings
tattering102212323tattering_
tethering1339133tethering_
upgathering1842203upgathering_
wanderings15215833wanderings
watering122316313wat_ering_
weathering1798353weathering_
withering16108813withering_
wuthering1697803wuthering_
yattering132410443yattering_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603565.92323738.5
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691566.38927968.5
 
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