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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 “cantering” 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.

53 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
cantering12241738(None) 
bantering122414241bantering
cankering162110791cankering
catering112019911ca_tering
centering122915141centering
altering91917122_altering
angering102113802_angering
anteing8312812_ante_ing
bannering12208812bannering
bartering122313652bartering
battering122715152battering
cambering16109872cambering
canceling14310162canceling
canoeing11310212canoe_ing
canting104725902cant__ing
cantoning12310882cantoning
capering132414962ca_pering
capturing1436622capturing
careering12311202careering
centerings13247672centerings
centring112112952cent_ring
chaptering18107962chaptering
chartering16109252chartering
chattering16108642chattering
chuntering1647802chuntering
cindering13311222cindering
clattering13109232clattering
countering13314472countering
cratering12312652cratering
dandering122511062dandering
dangering12239302dangering
entering91920052_entering
faltering132211122faltering
gandering122111292gandering
gartering112111592gartering
haltering132212012haltering
hankering17239382hankering
mastering122315312mastering
mattering122314062mattering
nattering102212222nattering
paltering122612902paltering
pandering133211962pandering
pattering122314432pattering
sauntering1137222sauntering
scattering1398012scattering
sintering101014802sintering
tattering102212332tattering
tentering102313212tentering
waitering13310722waitering
wandering143310982wandering
watering122316322wa_tering
wintering13412362wintering
yattering132410452yattering

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436533.37635970.4
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691533.79647073.5
 
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