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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 “featherier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
featherier164580(None) 
featherbed19174662featherbed
feathered16188892feather_ed
featheriest1745682featheriest
feathering17108792feathering
blatherer14176713blather_er
eateries8324313_eat_eries
etherizer2145983_e_therizer
fathered151510433f_ather_ed
fathering161010093f_athering
feather133613503feath___er
featherbeds20193573featherbeds
featherhead2153063featherhead
featherings18105373featherings
featherless1743913featherless
feathers143513243feather__s
feathery17368073feather__y
featlier1136453feat__lier
fetterer11207813fe_tter_er
flatterer12187673flatter_er
flatteries1347413flatteries
furtherer1543813further_er
gatherer12147903_gather_er
heathenries1754553heathenries
heathered16149463heather_ed
heathier1438343heath__ier
latherer111310443_lather_er
leathered13148713leather_ed
leathering1488683leathering
waterier11312083_wat_erier
weathered16168513weather_ed
weathering1798353weathering
weatherize2545843weatherize
weatherized2745173weatherized
weatherizes2645943weatherizes
weathermen1844503weathermen

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603365.70624641.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.13929107.5
 
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