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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 “father” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

134 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
father12511671(None) 
bather115322511bather
farther1348341farther
fathers133916501fathers
fatter94523211fatter
feather133613501feather
gather104115851gather
lather95124351lather
rather94319741rather
aether94213672aether
after85719792aft_er
anther93715062anther
basher115123812basher
batcher144414852batcher
bathe105822882bathe_
bathed125518742bathed
bathers124720362bathers
bathes116524832bathes
batter84928872batter
blather125314202blather
bother115218062bother
catcher143115822catcher
cater74840722cat_er
cither114616682cither
dasher104318982dasher
dater65332312dat_er
dither104417682dither
eater54639842eat_er
either94517422either
ether84518772_ether
fabber134814112fabber
fabler116115812fabler
facer105525052fa_cer
fader94421512fa_der
fainer94717242fainer
fairer95212062fairer
faithed1437162faithed
fakeer13378742fakeer
faker124824592fa_ker
faller94621232faller
falser93912412falser
falter94519052falter
fanner94218182fanner
farcer115016082farcer
farer86733142fa_rer
farmer115017372farmer
fashed136720252fashed
fashes124524022fashes
faster94625772faster
fate75444282fat_e_
fated95632132fat_ed
fates85139232fat_es
fathead1437862fathead
fathered151510432fathered
fatherly1745072fatherly
fathom1437472fathom
fathomer1645292fathomer
fatted105419842fatted
fatten94314902fatten
fattier103513462fattier
fawner125910462fawner
feater95224052feat_er
feathers143513242feathers
feathery17368072feathery
fetcher153510392fetcher
fetter94120382fetter
fisher124917142fisher
fitter94120032fitter
flasher133914062flasher
flatter103815962flatter
frater94520592frat_er
frother133110152frother
further1337002further
gasher104320372gasher
gater64533652gat_er
gathers114315072gathers
hatcher153314722hatcher
hater85034752hat_er
hatter94724872hatter
heather133914852heather
hither124417252hither
ither84617602_ither
kasher134915032kasher
lasher94824532lasher
later54843922lat_er
lathe85626712lathe_
lathed104718452lathed
lathers104321882lathers
lathery133911122lathery
lathes95127492lathes
lathier10310832lathier
latter65027892latter
leather103815782leather
lither94520952lither
loather103711002loather
masher114123202masher
matcher143214282matcher
mater74438862mat_er
matier84321522matier
matter84325342matter
mither114218562mither
mother113718642mother
natter64420742natter
nether94014162nether
nother93815962nother
oater55433732oat_er
other84219102_other
panther12611442panther
patcher143515142patcher
pater74740722pat_er
patter84628262patter
patzer173111642patzer
pother113818852pother
rasher95024122rasher
rater54943282rat_er
rathe85821922rathe_
ratter64326312ratter
slather103816072slather
swather134213602swather
tater54138612tat_er
tatter64024572tatter
tether93716102tether
tither94920282tither
tother94117142tother
washer124720392washer
watcher153113402watcher
water84733312wat_er
watter93221982watter
weather133513222weather
wether123315392wether
wither124321352wither
wuther124511612wuther
yatter94116212yatter
zither183813082zither

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511342.42034112.0
3Display Results1341340.0462913.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911342.80963613.7
 
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