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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 “frother” 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.

41 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
frother13311015(None) 
brother123311331brother
frothed14288781frothed
frothers14279811frothers
frothier1435951frothier
another10289152another
bother115218062_bother
brothel12318192brothel
brothers133410832brothers
farther1348342farther
father125116712f_ather
feather133613502feather
footer94320772foot_er
footier104115112footier
footler104011872footler
frater94520592frat_er
fresher132612642fresher
fretter103412752fretter
fritter103912772fritter
fronter103611582fronter
frontier1147312frontier
frostier1148162frostier
froth115919282froth__
froths125411442froth_s
frothy15578372froth_y
frotteur1142502frotteur
frowner13429682frowner
further1337002further
mother113718642_mother
norther1039732norther
nother93815962_nother
other84219102__other
pother113818852_pother
rather94319742_rather
rotter64325462_rotter
smother123510212smother
soother104215042soother
tother94117142_tother
trothed114010972trothed
trotter73312252trotter
writher134010852writher

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671413.33032333.6
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691413.70348255.7
 
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