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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 “withered” 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.

35 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
withered1516943(None) 
dithered13189291dithered
swithered16135461swithered
witherer14187951witherer
witherod15156151witherod
wuthered15157431wuthered
bittered112711832bittered
blithered15156122blithered
bothered142110392bothered
ciphered1637052ciphered
ditherer12187762ditherer
fathered151510432fathered
gathered13149372gathered
inhered11313162_inhered
jittered16267222jittered
lathered121512322lathered
littered92511382littered
mitered103213232mit_ered
mothered142310102mothered
pothered142311042pothered
slithered13136622slithered
tethered1238492tethered
tittered9239492tittered
twittered1333812twittered
waitered1238752wait_ered
watered113014952wat_ered
weathered16168512weathered
wildered1336632wildered
wintered122111572wintered
withdrew1842472withdrew
withed134416232with__ed
wither124321352wither__
witherers15146842witherers
witherods16145442witherods
withers134417752wither_s

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059353.54634139.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.95245215.3
 
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