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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 “catered” 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.

76 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
catered10311777(None) 
cantered113415981cantered
capered123014041capered
caterer92815941caterer
cratered1149681cratered
watered113014951watered
altered83215732altered
bantered113313632bantered
bartered113113012bartered
battered113315052battered
cambered15129002cambered
cameoed1238382cameoed
cancered132411552cancered
cankered153010222cankered
caperer113013402caperer
captured1336572captured
cared86050092ca__red
careered1139492careered
cater74840722cater__
cateran9313772cateran
caterers102814402caterers
cateress102311612cateress
caters85336502cater_s
catted95422472cat_ted
caverned1436162caverned
centered112513522centered
cered85227442c__ered
chaptered17176792chaptered
chartered15158392chartered
chattered15197992chattered
cheered133713292cheered
clattered12178402clattered
clavered14187632clavered
cohered133514692cohered
cottered112511732cottered
covered133315292covered
cowered133214652cowered
entered82718882entered
faltered122810982faltered
fathered151510432fathered
gartered10319582gartered
gathered13149372gathered
haltered123112552haltered
hatred104814332hat_red
havered144011452havered
lagered92311152lagered
latened8711922latened
laterad8310842laterad
lathered121512322lathered
layered11259412layered
mastered112614002mastered
mattered112412902mattered
matured10310032matured
metered103514012metered
mitered103213232mitered
nattered92011622nattered
natured838962natured
paltered113012482paltered
papered122513172papered
pattered112714202pattered
petered103314972petered
raftered1237662raftered
sabered103213022sabered
scattered12197352scattered
tabered103311592tabered
tapered102612932tapered
tattered92011442tattered
uncatered1237402uncatered
uttered82712432uttered
wafered14288432wafered
wagered12299332wagered
waitered1238752waitered
waterbed1436442waterbed
waterer103314072waterer
wavered142910432wavered
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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671763.40631612.2
3Display Results76760.0302533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691763.81246875.9
 
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