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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 “centered” 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.

50 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
centered11251352(None) 
cantered113415991cantered
centred103411681cent_red
entered82718881_entered
tentered96412101tentered
bantered113313652bantered
bettered113011842bettered
cancered132411552cancered
cankered153010222cankered
catered103117782c_atered
censored11197952censored
censured11248912censured
centare93113702centare_
centares102913892centares
center84421412center__
centers94420602center_s
centeses1079442centeses
centre84316642cent_re_
centres93817122cent_res
chuntered1536662chuntered
cindered1239792cindered
cottered112511742cottered
countered12313002countered
cratered1149692cratered
decentered1445322decentered
enterer72015632_enterer
fendered13258672fendered
festered122512112festered
fettered12259492fettered
gendered11258872gendered
gettered10258612gettered
lettered92910782lettered
mentored1138002mentored
metered103514012me_tered
neutered937422neutered
peltered112510452peltered
pestered112814972pestered
petered103314972pe_tered
reentered1038572reentered
rendered102512262rendered
sceptered1444722sceptered
sintered92213902sintered
teetered9258302teetered
tendered102510602tendered
unentered1037572unentered
veneered1235982veneered
ventured1238272ventured
weltered12238442weltered
westered122511872westered
wintered122111572wintered

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121059503.97030493.5
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691504.43640282.0
 
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