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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 “paters” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
paters8493583(None) 
caters85336501caters
daters74827371daters
eaters65535951eaters
gaters74728641gaters
haters94930401haters
maters85032391maters
oaters65029791oaters
pacers105124541pacers
pagers94423251pagers
palters94021681palters
papers105125321papers
parers85530741parers
pasters94531731pasters
patens84820861patens
pater74740721pater_
pates76047891pate_s
patters94825191patters
patzers184210571patzers
pavers115021821pavers
pawers114818781pawers
payers114621821payers
peters86624591peters
platers93924091platers
praters94921651praters
raters63936581raters
taters64932201taters
waters95030631waters

Search took 2 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 Filter178691487550.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit48755280.91053576.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691280.999178869.9
 
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