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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwaiter” 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.

16 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
waiter9432125(None) 
awaiter1057441awaiter
baiter84422551baiter
gaiter73819501gaiter
wafter124114611wafter
wailer93720321wailer
waister103812381waister
waited103819771waited
waiters104218621waiters
waiver124212711waiver
wanter94423051wanter
waster95228941waster
water84733311wa_ter
watter93221981watter
whiter124316391whiter
writer94416511writer

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 Filter178691487550.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit48755161.48632809.6
3Display Results16160.0131230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691161.655107970.4