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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 “falterer” 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.

28 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
falterer1123987(None) 
alterer72714011_alterer
faltered122811001faltered
falterers12238041falterers
filterer11258141filterer
palterer102411291palterer
altered83215752_altered
alterers82512502_alterers
banterer102811782banterer
barterer102711652barterer
batterer102713222batterer
caterer92815952ca_terer
falter94519052falt__er
falters103916472falter_s
fastener11227842fastener
fattener11268112fattener
fetterer11207812fetterer
filtered12259042filtered
filterers12206972filterers
flatterer12187682flatterer
fosterer11239522fosterer
haltere103614712haltere_
haltered123112572haltered
halteres113414602halteres
paltered113012502paltered
palterers11249542palterers
patterer103112182patterer
waterer103314082wa_terer

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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059283.76632145.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.18542698.0
 
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