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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 “puttering” 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.

44 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
puttering12261164(None) 
buttering122312521buttering
guttering112410441guttering
muttering122611321muttering
pattering122314421pattering
pottering122612001pottering
sputtering13106461sputtering
uttering91613081_uttering
battering122715142battering
bettering122212752bettering
bittering122511992bittering
cluttering13106832cluttering
fettering132310512fettering
fluttering14106292fluttering
gettering112310032gettering
gutterings12224912gutterings
jittering17218422jittering
lettering102112072lettering
littering102411982littering
lustering102711202lustering
mattering122314052mattering
mustering122212332mustering
nattering102212212nattering
paltering122612892paltering
patterning1346072patterning
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812p_etering
portering122012302portering
pothering151911282pothering
puckering1835882puckering
putting103218572putt__ing
puttying1434952putt_ying
reuttering1137572reuttering
scuttering1386632scuttering
shuttering1496562shuttering
spattering13107792spattering
spluttering1463362spluttering
stuttering1196352stuttering
tattering102212322tattering
tittering102310312tittering
tottering10229612tottering
wuthering1697802wuthering
yattering132410442yattering

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436443.56334082.5
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.96945021.7
 
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