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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 “pothered” 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.

36 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
pothered14231104(None) 
bothered142110391bothered
mothered142310101mothered
pottered112311661pottered
brothered1546002brothered
cohered133514692co_hered
coshered14610292coshered
cottered112511742cottered
dithered13189292dithered
fathered151510432fathered
gathered13149382gathered
koshered1636062koshered
lathered121512332lathered
ochered132610282_ochered
pattered112714212pattered
petered103314972pet_ered
pondered126411292pondered
portered112311552portered
pothead133810392pothe_ad
potheen12257892pothe_en
pother113818852pother__
potherb14358682pother_b
potherbs15387122potherbs
pothers123818622pother_s
potholed1448392potholed
potsherd1434812potsher_d
potterer102310262potterer
powdered15256892powdered
powered132911642po_wered
puttered112611152puttered
smothered1545682smothered
tethered1238492tethered
tochered1437912tochered
tottered9208702tottered
withered15169432withered
wuthered15157432wuthered

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059365.61021579.1
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.03029633.7
 
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