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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 “mettle” 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.

68 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
mettle8381572(None) 
fettle93713121fettle
kettle104311611kettle
mettled103510541mettled
mettles94115021mettles
mottle84116051mottle
nettle64514581nettle
pettle84116051pettle
settle63915661settle
battle85217862battle
beetle8311672beetle
bottle84916072bottle
cattle85118902cattle
cuttle84113892cuttle
dottle74212502dottle
fettled11378932fettled
fettles103912732fettles
gentle74014512gentle
guttle74111972guttle
kettles113411612kettles
kittle104012172kittle
little63312162little
mantle84420922mantle
matte75626842matt_e
measle83513222measle
meddle103312762meddle
meetly1138672meetly
meikle1236652meikle
mentee84121292mentee
merle75824372me_rle
mestee84523882mestee
metage93114452metage
metal75427382metal_
metaled102913882metaled
metals84520882metals
metate82720532metate
mete64438132me_t_e
metol75917812metol_
metols84115772metols
metope10611122metope
metre74821302me_tre
motile83818342motile
motte75526972mott_e
mottled10409972mottled
mottler94410342mottler
mottles93415802mottles
mutule8311422mutule
myrtle1135732myrtle
nestle63013952nestle
nettled8339942nettled
nettler7349502nettler
nettles73214082nettles
nettly9459452nettly
pestle83215842pestle
pettled103611512pettled
pettles93916482pettles
pottle84416102pottle
rattle64717612rattle
retile65929672retile
retitle73913092retitle
settee63721022settee
settled83210872settled
settler73410652settler
settles73916002settles
tattle64115652tattle
tittle63613322tittle
vittle94711752vittle
wattle94314212wattle

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 Limit82551682.56332208.7
3Display Results68680.0135230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691682.91961216.5
 
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