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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 “alerted” 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.

40 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
alerted8251222(None) 
alerter72111511alerter
averted112211611averted
abetted1058322abetted
aborted10310422aborted
acerated113113982acerated
adverted1336102adverted
aerated85322372a_erated
aeried74221862a_eried
agented939422agented
airted74214502a_irted
alarmed1037732alarmed
alated75625142al_ated
alert54740652alert__
alertest8310172alertest
alertly1046792alertly
alerts64418222alert_s
altered83215732alter_ed
amerced1256522amerced
asserted957902asserted
averred11237592averred
averter102410552averter
bleated104015972bleated
blurted10399782blurted
cleated103417842cleated
clefted13326752clefted
clerked14326652clerked
elected102812612elected
everted112711852everted
exerted152210052exerted
fleeted113310232fleeted
flirted11428672flirted
galeated104111572galeated
gleeted9379322gleeted
letted74118542_letted
pleated103816632pleated
sleeted83113222sleeted
talented938422talented
unalerted1047962unalerted
valeted1139012vale_ted

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671403.40631612.2
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691403.78247247.8
 
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