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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 “shelterer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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77 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
shelterer124504(None) 
sheltered1335581sheltered
shelterers1344341shelterers
shatterer12177202shatterer
sheerer103813852she__erer
shelter103214962shelt__er
shelters113412812shelter_s
skeltered1443872skeltered
sweltered1344452sweltered
adulterer1043553adulterer
alterer72714013__alterer
charterer14197333charterer
chatterer14196843chatterer
cheerer123511763che__erer
enterer72015633__enterer
falterer11239873_falterer
fetterer11207813_fetterer
filterer11258143_filterer
haltere103614713_haltere_
haltered123112573_haltered
halteres113414603_halteres
letterer8259223_letterer
palterer102411293_palterer
peltered112510453_peltered
pesterer102412713_pesterer
pewterer13256313_pewterer
philtered1545493philtered
poulterer1145423poulterer
saunterer945033saunterer
scatterer11186293scatterer
sceptered1444723sceptered
seltzer1635213s_elt_zer
severer103511563s_e_verer
shattered13178213shattered
shatterers13185723shatterers
shearer104414693she__arer
sheather1458233sheat_her
sheered113515463she__ered
sheeter103814913she__eter
sheeters113111863sheeter_s
sheller103515893shel__ler
shellers112812583sheller_s
shellier1138393shel_lier
shelterbelt1661443shelterbelt
sheltering1446493sheltering
shelterless1452043shelterless
sheltie10109913shelt_ie_
shelties111111383shelt_ies
shelver134211063shel__ver
shelvers14388813shelver_s
shelvier1464913shel_vier
shiverer14186663sh_iverer
shortener1245773shortener
showerer1436163sh_owerer
shuttered13156333shuttered
silverer11216733s_ilverer
skelter113610003skelt__er
skelters12349373skelter_s
slenderer1044893slenderer
smatterer11185813smatterer
smelter93311913smelt__er
smelteries1246173smelteries
smelters103310513smelter_s
smeltery13274963smelter_y
sneerer73512313sne__erer
solderer947183s_olderer
spelter94113703spelt__er
spelters103912243spelter_s
sputterer11165263sputterer
steerer73113633ste__erer
stutterer9164913stutterer
svelter10359673svelt__er
sweetener1243403sweetener
swelter103711173swelt__er
swelters113110193swelter_s
sweltrier1242993sweltrier
weltered12238443_weltered

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641777.53319732.0
3Display Results77770.0302566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691777.98622375.5
 
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