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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 “potterer” 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
potterer10231026(None) 
patterer103112171patterer
pottered112311661pottered
potterers11218661potterers
putterer10209911putterer
totterer8217791totterer
batterer102713212batterer
bitterer10309772bitterer
cottered112511732cottered
dotterel945062dotterel
fetterer11207812fetterer
fosterer11239522fosterer
letterer8259222letterer
litterer82810172litterer
loiterer837082loiterer
mutterer10218912mutterer
palterer102411272palterer
pattered112714202pattered
patterers112410122patterers
pesterer102412702pesterer
pewterer13256312pewterer
ponderer112410192ponderer
portered112311542portered
posturer1038922posturer
pothered142311042pothered
potteen9319672potte_en
potter83926982pott__er
potteries11313592potteries
potters94024342potter_s
pottery123011072potter_y
pottier93516492pott_ier
poulterer1145422poulterer
powderer14245592powderer
puttered112611142puttered
putterers11238362putterers
rottener8216972rottener
sputterer11165262sputterer
titterer8268522titterer
tottered9208702tottered
totterers9186812totterers
utterer71910462_utterer

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059413.75032282.4
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691414.17342820.8
 
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