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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 “plastering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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139 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
plastering133924(None) 
plaistering1444601plaistering
plasterings1444741plasterings
blattering13108712blattering
blistering13107062blistering
blustering13106182blustering
clattering13109232clattering
clustering13116812clustering
flattering1498742flattering
flustering14105932flustering
glistering12106422glistering
lustering102711202_lustering
mastering122315302_mastering
paltering122612892p_altering
pastoring12310852p_astoring
pasturing1238432p_asturing
pattering122314422p_attering
pestering122315662p_estering
replastering1553412replastering
splattering1454542splattering
altering91917113__altering
bantering122414233_bantering
bartering122313643_bartering
battering122715143_battering
blabbering14104363blabbering
blasting114013433blast__ing
blathering16107583blathering
bolstering1346883bolstering
cantering122417373_cantering
catering112019903_ca_tering
chaptering18107963chaptering
chartering16109253chartering
chastening1656523chastening
chattering16108643chattering
clabbering17104583clabbering
clambering1776163clambering
clavering1538373cla_vering
cloistering1444823cloistering
cluttering13106833cluttering
cratering12312653cra_tering
delustering1344073delustering
elaterin849903ela_terin_
elaterins9410033ela_terins
faltering132211113_faltering
fastening13268603_fastening
festering132413173_festering
flattening14115103flattening
flittering1486503flittering
fluttering14106293fluttering
fostering132411263_fostering
gartering112111573_gartering
glistening1294283glistening
glittering1296003glittering
haltering132212003_haltering
hastening13259483_hastening
holstering1447083holstering
kashering1736253_kashering
laagering1136833_laagering
lackering1639373_lackering
laddering1237593_laddering
lagering102212313_la_gering
lappering14258843_lappering
lasting84725243_last__ing
latening9711493_la_tening
lathering13912253_lathering
laveering1336813_laveering
lawyering1655213_lawyering
layering122310353_la_yering
leistering1147983leistering
lettering102112073_lettering
listening10128953_listening
littering102411983_littering
lobstering1345123lobstering
loitering1039683_loitering
lustring9269723_lust_ring
mattering122314053_mattering
mustering122212333_mustering
nattering102212213_nattering
oystering1337563_oystering
palavering1644483palavering
pampering1638383p_ampering
pandering133211963p_andering
papering132213313p_a_pering
partnering1345553p_artnering
passerine1147083p_asserine
pastern94415063p_aster_n_
pasterns104112623p_aster_ns
pasting103826553p_ast__ing
patterning1346073p_atterning
paupering1437273p_aupering
peltering122011673p_eltering
petering112516813p__etering
philtering1646253philtering
plaiting113113513plait__ing
planting113515383plant__ing
plashing143311063plas__hing
plaster93318693plaster___
plastered1288893plaster_ed
plasterer1178103plaster_er
plasterers1286123plasterers
plasters103518133plaster__s
plastery13279703plaster__y
plasticine1496113plasticine
plastron1046913plast_ron_
plastrons1147133plast_rons
plateauing1343313pla_teauing
plating103823073pla_t__ing
platting114813033pla_t_ting
plaything1843853playt_hing
pleasuring1343503pleas_uring
plundering1444173plundering
portering122012303p_ortering
posturing1238993p_osturing
pottering122612003p_ottering
prealtering1446173prealtering
prestoring13310303prestoring
prospering1547173prospering
puttering122611643p_uttering
quartering2045843quartering
realtering1139473realtering
remastering1446843remastering
roistering1148583roistering
roystering1445413roystering
scattering1398013scattering
shattering1498283shattering
sistering101213753_sistering
slabbering15104973slabbering
slandering1237243slandering
slathering14108283slathering
slavering1338723sla_vering
smattering1397583smattering
spattering13107793spattering
splintering1444293splintering
spluttering1463363spluttering
tattering102212323_tattering
waitering13310713_waitering
watering122316313_wa_tering
westering132112643_westering
yattering132410443_yattering

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1406031395.62624991.6
3Display Results1391390.0632206.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911396.09529317.6
 
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