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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 “better” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

184 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
better8472370(None) 
abetter958321abetter
batter84928881batter
beater84729391beater
belter84720961belter
betted94721161betted
betters94422091betters
bettor83612221bettor
bitter84622671bitter
butter84724231butter
fetter94120381fetter
getter74117611getter
letter63722581letter
netter63722021netter
petter83924771petter
setter64023721setter
tetter64322451tetter
vetter93417641vetter
wetter93919441wetter
abetted1058332abetted
abetters1057172abetters
abettor956202abettor
abutter957512abutter
aether94213672aether
baiter84422562baiter
banter84825342banter
barter85525382barter
baster85333602baster
bather115322512bather
batted95623652batted
batten85217122batten
batters94626022batters
battery124911822battery
battier93515722battier
battler94113382battler
beader94623792beader
beaker125520692beaker
bearer85323912bearer
beaten84617062beaten
beaters94925042beaters
beaver114819252beaver
bedder104215792bedder
beeper103714092beeper
beer65635992be__er
beetler938042beetler
beezer174010522beezer
begetter11136312begetter
belier84423562belier
belted94020632belted
belters93819412belters
bender95223302bender
besetter10137982besetter
bested94922762bested
bestir8311162bestir
betatter1035452betatter
betel74419902be_tel
bethel1169642bethel
betta74916842bett_a
bettas84913922bettas
bettered113011842bettered
bettors93312472bettors
bister84922762bister
biter75030032b_iter
bitted94418482bitted
bitten84715122bitten
bittern94810682bittern
bitters94920362bitters
bittier94211662bittier
blatter94415652blatter
bleater94515302bleater
blether12459912blether
blotter94612852blotter
boater84622092boater
bolter83920752bolter
bother115218062bother
bottler94211882bottler
bunter85020382bunter
buster84726492buster
butler84220032butler
butte74924292butte_
butted94722062butted
butters94521722butters
buttery124311192buttery
buttes84822562buttes
center84421412center
cotter84926672cotter
cutter84521002cutter
defter104215922defter
deter65028042de_ter
dexter143810892dexter
dotter74419342dotter
eater54639842_eater
enter54726382_enter
ester54727712_ester
ether84518772_ether
fatter94523212fatter
feater95224052feater
fester94723512fester
fetted104817892fetted
fetters103517902fetters
fitter94120032fitter
fretter103412752fretter
getters84216102getters
gutter73817712gutter
hatter94724872hatter
heater94828302heater
hefter124313922hefter
hitter94419862hitter
hotter94720082hotter
jester134319152jester
jetted143915082jetted
jettier14358692jettier
jitter133314992jitter
jotter134315632jotter
kelter103214382kelter
latter65027892latter
lefter93613432lefter
letted74118542letted
letters73819852letters
litter64324852litter
lotter64025602lotter
matter84325342matter
meeter83616502meeter
melter83520112melter
meter75130322me_ter
metier83517692metier
mutter84418882mutter
natter64420742natter
neater64424312neater
nester64124182nester
nether94014162nether
netted74118712netted
netters73618582netters
nettier74211812nettier
nettler7349502nettler
neuter63713792neuter
nutter63918052nutter
otter54423972_otter
patter84628262patter
pelter83321622pelter
perter84422282perter
pester84827592pester
peter74427592pe_ter
petted94121522petted
petters93722362petters
pettier94213612pettier
pewter114013672pewter
potter83926982potter
putter83921442putter
ratter64326312ratter
renter64527412renter
rester63832432rester
retted74826312retted
reutter71010092reutter
ritter63822422ritter
rotter64325462rotter
seater64534162seater
settee63721022settee
setters73822062setters
settler73410652settler
sitter63323382sitter
tatter64024572tatter
teeter65420312teeter
tenter64623932tenter
tester64227152tester
tether93716102tether
tetters74320472tetters
titter63421162titter
totter65021462totter
utter54218762_utter
venter94218722venter
vetoer93410062vetoer
vetted104316322vetted
vetters104016322vetters
watter93221982watter
welter93417382welter
wester94222892wester
wether123315392wether
wetted103717022wetted
wetters103817752wetters
whetter13348802whetter
yatter94116212yatter
yester93417982yester
zester153617792zester

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511842.58031996.5
3Display Results1841840.0632920.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911842.98659842.9
 
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