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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 “festered” 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.

40 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
festered12251210(None) 
fettered12259491fettered
fostered122210451fostered
pestered112814951pestered
westered122511861westered
bettered113011832bettered
bistered112913322bistered
centered112513522centered
entered82718882_entered
faltered122810982faltered
fastened12257852fastened
feathered16188892feathered
featured1237682featured
fendered13258672fendered
fester94723512fester__
festers104121392fester_s
fetterer11207812fetterer
fevered14339722fe_vered
filtered12259042filtered
flustered13185882flustered
fosterer11239522fosterer
gestured1036992gestured
gettered10258612gettered
leistered1037042leistered
lettered92910782lettered
lustered92510602lustered
mastered112614002mastered
metered103514012me_tered
mustered112511502mustered
neutered937422neutered
oystered1236922oystered
peltered112510442peltered
pesterer102412702pesterer
petered103314962pe_tered
restored96417192restored
sistered92612802sistered
teetered9258302teetered
tentered96412102tentered
vestured1237462vestured
weltered12238432weltered

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit121059409.01613427.1
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691409.57818656.4
 
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