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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 “metered” 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.

54 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
metered10351401(None) 
metred95315141met_red
mitered103213231mitered
petered103314971petered
altered83215742altered
bettered113011842bettered
catered103117772catered
centered112513522centered
deterged11127922deterged
deterred10137802deterred
entered82718882entered
festered122512112festered
fettered12259492fettered
fevered14339722fevered
gettered10258612gettered
jeered143912792je_ered
leered73816222le_ered
lettered92910782lettered
levered114212302levered
mastered112614002mastered
mattered112412902mattered
matured10310042matured
membered1535902membered
mentored1138002mentored
metaled102913882metaled
meted85424432met__ed
meter75130322meter__
meters85625832meter_s
metre74821302met_re_
metres85121562met_res
mettled103510542mettled
miterer92511332miterer
mitred94414342mit_red
mothered142310102mothered
motored1039932motored
mustered112511502mustered
muttered112610792muttered
neutered937422neutered
peered93819492pe_ered
peltered112510452peltered
pestered112814972pestered
retired84620142retired
revered112819332revered
severed113513862severed
sewered112911242sewered
steered83615252steered
teetered9258302teetered
tentered96412102tentered
tethered1238492tethered
uttered82712432uttered
veered103612742ve_ered
watered113014952watered
weltered12238432weltered
westered122511872westered

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671543.36032044.9
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691543.74947663.6
 
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