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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 “critters” 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.

61 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
critters10351132(None) 
chitters133711171chitters
critter94113031critter_
critturs10374591critturs
fritters113810781fritters
gritters94210631gritters
ritters74020621_ritters
bitters94920362_bitters
chatters134213952chatters
chitter124112962chitter_
citers85022982c_i_ters
cithers124315772c_ithers
cittern9339142c_ittern
citterns10318122c_itterns
clatters103313912clatters
clutters103210352clutters
cointers103616412cointers
cotters94323442c_otters
crafters13419952crafters
craters95021892cr_aters
cribbers14306442cribbers
criers83918582cri__ers
crimmers14298542crimmers
crimpers14318932crimpers
cringers112511872cringers
crispers12309432crispers
crittur9315132crittur_
crofters13358902crofters
cutters94218962c_utters
drifters12417912drifters
emitters10349642emitters
fitters104517752_fitters
flitters114312172flitters
fretters113410302fretters
fritter103912772fritter_
glitters93710542glitters
grifters12389232grifters
gristers94013402gristers
gritter83913352gritter_
hitters104717592_hitters
jitters144314472_jitters
knitters12336622knitters
litters73422572_litters
omitters10277652omitters
printers103214902printers
quitters17238522quitters
ratters74422472_ratters
rioters73615512_rioters
ritter63822422_ritter_
rotters74421392_rotters
scripters13116682scripters
sitters74221552_sitters
skitters12349552skitters
slitters84014132slitters
spitters104113382spitters
titters74219622_titters
trotters83310242trotters
twitters11296772twitters
whitters14359402whitters
writers105513492wri_ters
writhers14398982writhers

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059613.67332959.2
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691614.06243990.9
 
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