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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 “altered” 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.

55 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
altered8321573(None) 
alterer72713991alterer
faltered122810981faltered
haltered123112551haltered
paltered113012481paltered
adhered1239232adhered
alerted82512222al_erted
aliened81011742aliened
alleged9389322alleged
allured8299172allured
alter54828502alter__
alterers82512492alterers
alters64924222alter_s
angered93013472angered
anteed75616112ante_ed
antired82316192antired
antlered938262antlered
attired8238912attired
bantered113313632bantered
bartered113113012bartered
battered113315052battered
cantered113415982cantered
catered103117772catered
entered82718882entered
falterer11239852falterer
filtered12259042filtered
fleered11309502fleered
gartered10319582gartered
haltere103614702haltere_
halteres113414592halteres
lagered92311152lagered
latened8711922latened
laterad8310842laterad
lathered121512322lathered
layered11259412layered
leered73816222_leered
mastered112614002mastered
mattered112412902mattered
metered103514012metered
mitered103213232mitered
nattered92011622nattered
palterer102411272palterer
pattered112714202pattered
peltered112510452peltered
petered103314972petered
raftered1237662raftered
realtered1037892realtered
tattered92011442tattered
ulcered1037972ulcered
unaltered1037722unaltered
uttered82712432uttered
waitered1238752waitered
watered113014952watered
weltered12238432weltered
yattered12239532yattered

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671552.95336461.6
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.32953677.1
 
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