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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 “palterer” 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.

38 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
palterer10241127(None) 
alterer72713991_alterer
falterer11239851falterer
paltered113012481paltered
palterers11249531palterers
patterer103112171patterer
altered83215732_altered
alterers82512492_alterers
banterer102811772banterer
barterer102711632barterer
batterer102713212batterer
caterer92815942ca_terer
faltered122810982faltered
falterers12238032falterers
filterer11258142filterer
haltere103614702haltere_
haltered123112552haltered
halteres113414592halteres
palaverer1443162palaverer
palter84423262palt__er
palters94021682palter_s
paltrier1037522paltrier
pamperer14228332pamperer
panderer112210912panderer
paperer113111902pa_perer
parterre1036982parterre
pasturer1037522pasturer
pattered112714202pattered
patterers112410122patterers
peltered112510452peltered
pesterer102412702pesterer
pewterer13256312pewterer
pilferer1344922pilferer
plasterer1178102plasterer
potterer102310262potterer
poulterer1145422poulterer
putterer10209912putterer
waterer103314072wa_terer

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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059383.40635542.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.84246509.9
 
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