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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 “waterer” 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.

47 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
waterer10331407(None) 
caterer92815941caterer
wagerer11328491wagerer
watered113014951watered
waterers112312781waterers
waterier11312081waterier
waverer13319521waverer
alterer72713992alterer
banterer102811772banterer
barterer102711632barterer
batterer102713212batterer
caperer113013402caperer
catered103117772catered
caterers102814402caterers
dewaterer1343712dewaterer
eagerer8248822eagerer
enterer72015632enterer
falterer11239852falterer
gatherer12147902gatherer
latherer111310442latherer
maturer938972maturer
miterer92511332miterer
palterer102411272palterer
paperer113111902paperer
patterer103112172patterer
taperer92511792taperer
utterer71910462utterer
wafered14288432wafered
wagered12299332wagered
wagerers12247612wagerers
waitered1238752waitered
wakener1446912wakener
wanderer122210122wanderer
watcher153113402watcher
water84733312wat__er
waterbed1436442waterbed
waterhen1485302waterhen
waterjet1848292waterjet
watermen1377612watermen
waters95030632water_s
watery123914492water_y
watter93221982wat_ter
wavered142910432wavered
waverers14318612waverers
whatever1742672whatever
winterer112110442winterer
witherer14187952witherer

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 Filter1786911076710.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit107671473.36032044.9
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.84346497.8
 
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