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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 “alterer” 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.

32 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
alterer7271401(None) 
altered83215751altered
alterers82512501alterers
falterer11239871falterer
palterer102411291palterer
adherer1137572adherer
adulterer1043552adulterer
alerter72111512al_erter
aliener71011192aliener
alleger8319632alleger
allurer7348432allurer
alter54828502alt__er
alters64924222alter_s
austerer838382austerer
banterer102811782banterer
barterer102711652barterer
batterer102713222batterer
caterer92815952caterer
enterer72015632enterer
faltered122811002faltered
falterers12238042falterers
filterer11258142filterer
haltere103614712haltere_
haltered123112572haltered
halteres113414602halteres
latherer111310452latherer
miterer92511332miterer
paltered113012502paltered
palterers11249542palterers
patterer103112182patterer
utterer71910462utterer
waterer103314082waterer

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671326.78015880.7
3Display Results32320.033969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691327.56323627.0
 
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