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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 “bettering” 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.

45 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
bettering12221275(None) 
battering122715141battering
bittering122511991bittering
buttering122312521buttering
fettering132310511fettering
gettering112310031gettering
lettering102112071lettering
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
battening12268852battening
beavering1538702beavering
betattering1444142betattering
betting103921402bett__ing
blattering13108712blattering
blethering16115932blethering
bothering152210202bothering
centering122915142centering
entering91920052_entering
festering132413172festering
guttering112410442guttering
jittering17218422jittering
letterings11226002letterings
littering102411982littering
mattering122314052mattering
metering112915632me_tering
muttering122611322muttering
nattering102212212nattering
neutering1038962neutering
pattering122314422pattering
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812pe_tering
pottering122612002pottering
puttering122611642puttering
reuttering1137572reuttering
tattering102212322tattering
teetering10239892teetering
tentering102313202tentering
tethering1339132tethering
tittering102310312tittering
tottering10229612tottering
uttering91613082_uttering
weltering13219492weltering
westering132112642westering
yattering132410442yattering

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436453.15638477.8
3Display Results45450.0331363.6
 (SQL Overall)178691453.57949927.6
 
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