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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 “westered” 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.

39 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
westered12251187(None) 
festered122512111festered
pestered112814971pestered
weltered12238441weltered
bettered113011842bettered
bistered112913332bistered
centered112513522centered
entered82718882_entered
fettered12259492fettered
fostered122210452fostered
gestured1036992gestured
gettered10258612gettered
leistered1037042leistered
lettered92910782lettered
lustered92510612lustered
mastered112614012mastered
metered103514012me_tered
mustered112511512mustered
neutered937422neutered
oystered1236922oystered
peltered112510452peltered
pesterer102412712pesterer
petered103314972pe_tered
restored96417192restored
sistered92612802sistered
sweltered1344452sweltered
teetered9258302teetered
tentered96412102tentered
vestured1237462vestured
waitered1238762waitered
watered113014962w_atered
weathered16168512weathered
wester94222892wester__
westerly1445552westerly
western102911102wester_n
westerner1244962westerner
westerns11328962westerns
westers105221962wester_s
wintered122111572wintered

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059393.97030493.5
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691394.38940713.4
 
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