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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 “forgather” 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.

47 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
forgather164366(None) 
foregather1743661foregather
forgathers1743551forgathers
forefather1943572forefather
foregathers1843222foregathers
forgathered1951822forgathered
forgetter1345372forgetter
formatter1445462formatter
breather133610593_breather
farther1348343far__ther
father125116713f___ather
feather133613503f__eather
forager114412563for_a_ger
forayer13368953for_a_yer
forefathers2053143forefathers
foregathered2051783foregathered
foremother1843483foremother
forester11313673forest_er
forgat104018583forgat___
forgathering2052193forgathering
forgave1435853forga_ve_
forger104820773forg___er
forgetters1444163forgetters
forgiver1534183forg_iver
forgoer1137693forg__oer
forgotten1342103forgotten
formate123115093format_e_
formates132814293format_es
formatted1544883formatted
formatters1544573formatters
forrader1236153forra_der
forrarder1343623forrarder
forsaker1545103forsa_ker
forwarder1644133forwarder
frater94520593f_r_at_er
frother133110153f_r_other
further1337003fur__ther
gather104115853___gather
godfather1742173godfather
ingather1244783_ingather
loather103711003lo__ather
norther1039733nor__ther
rather94319743__r_ather
regather1236733_regather
together1243743to_gether
upgather14152753_upgather
wreather14268603_wreather

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641476.73322076.5
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.20324807.9
 
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