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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 “bothering” 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.

30 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
bothering15221020(None) 
brothering1646031brothering
mothering152110181mothering
pothering151911281pothering
battering122715142battering
bettering122212752bettering
bittering122511992bittering
blathering16107582blathering
blethering16115932blethering
blithering16116122blithering
bordering1338832bordering
bowering142911712bo_wering
butchering1844502butchering
buttering122312522buttering
cohering142413832co_hering
coshering15510022coshering
dithering1499852dithering
fathering161010092fathering
gathering1499462gathering
koshering1735362koshering
lathering13912252lathering
motherings16255642motherings
ochering14219392_ochering
pottering122612002pottering
smothering1646012smothering
tethering1339132tethering
tochering1537152tochering
tottering10229612tottering
withering16108812withering
wuthering1697802wuthering

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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436304.34327961.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.78237367.4
 
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