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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 “litterer” 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.

42 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
litterer8281017(None) 
bitterer10309771bitterer
letterer8259221letterer
littered92511381littered
litterers9228191litterers
titterer8268521titterer
batterer102713212batterer
bittered112711832bittered
clatterer11186992clatterer
ditherer12187762ditherer
fetterer11207812fetterer
filterer11258142filterer
flatterer12187682flatterer
flittered13196252flittered
flutterer12185262flutterer
fritterer12234402fritterer
glittered11195412glittered
jittered16267222jittered
jitterier1644432jitterier
latherer111310452latherer
lettered92910782lettered
letterers9228112letterers
limberer12187052limberer
lingerer9118302lingerer
listener8158312listener
litter64324852litt__er
litters73422572litter_s
littery103710492litter_y
littler7348552litt_ler
loiterer837082loiterer
miterer92511332mi_terer
mutterer10218912mutterer
patterer103112172patterer
potterer102310262potterer
putterer10209912putterer
tittered9239492tittered
titterers9236992titterers
totterer8217792totterer
twitterer1243302twitterer
utterer71910462_utterer
winterer112110442winterer
witherer14187952witherer

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059423.70332692.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691424.10943487.7
 
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