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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 “potterers” 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.

31 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
potterers1121866(None) 
patterers112410131patterers
potterer102310261potterer_
putterers11238361putterers
totterers9186811totterers
batterers113110722batterers
dotterels1043902dotterels
fetterers12267042fetterers
fosterers12238022fosterers
letterers9228112letterers
litterers9228192litterers
loiterers936262loiterers
mutterers11247372mutterers
palterers11249542palterers
patterer103112182patterer_
pesterers112510462pesterers
pewterers14216042pewterers
ponderers12248452ponderers
porteress1137932porteress
posturers1137052posturers
potteens10256792potte_ens
pottered112311662pottere_d
potteries11313602potteries
potters94024342pott__ers
poulterers1244562poulterers
powderers15214792powderers
putterer10209912putterer_
sputterers12174582sputterers
titterers9236992titterers
totterer8217792totterer_
utterers8218652_utterers

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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436314.04630013.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.45540110.2
 
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