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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 “blither” 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.

56 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
blither12481217(None) 
blather125314201blather
blether12459911blether
blithe115810861blithe_
blithers134711231blithers
blitzer18447661blitzer
lither94520951_lither
slither104112981slither
baiter84422552bait_er
bather115322512b_ather
biter75030032b_it_er
bitter84622672b_itter
blathers134713792blathers
blatter94415652blatter
blethers13429612blethers
blighter1466852blighter
blinder103912982blinder
blinker134110212blinker
blister94415312blister
blite76225352blit_e_
blites84721212blit_es
blithely16104032blithely
blithered15156122blithered
blithest1338082blithest
blitzed19336532blitzed
blitzers19417152blitzers
blitzes18408702blitzes
blotter94612852blotter
blucher143310222blucher
blusher124113112blusher
bother115218062b_other
brother123311332brother
cither114616682_cither
dither104417682_dither
either94517422_either
flitter103413902flitter
glitter84211802glitter
hither124417252_hither
ither84617602__ither
lather95124352_lather
liter54736342_lit_er
lithe84922012_lithe_
litter64324852_litter
mither114218562_mither
neither1037572neither
slather103816072slather
slithers114212952slithers
slithery14356702slithery
slitter73615872slitter
swither133710992swither
thither13328102thither
tither94920282_tither
whither163510252whither
wither124321352_wither
writher134010852writher
zither183813082_zither

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671563.36032044.9
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.76347486.3
 
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