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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 “answerer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

42 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
answerer114427(None) 
answered1235491answered
answerers1243741answerers
answer936892answ__er
answers1037042answer_s
austerer838382austerer
adherer1137573a_dherer
alterer72713993a_lterer
angered93013473an_gered
answering1345803answering
antlered938263antlered
anywhere1742563anywhere_
anywheres1842343anywheres
asperser10408303a_sperser
aspirer967903a_spirer
asserter877573a_sserter
assurer767793a_ssurer
austere7312993austere_
banterer102811773ban_terer
ensnarer874473ensnarer
ensurer73011903ens_urer
enterer72015633en_terer
flowerer1435453flowerer
fosterer11239523fosterer
hankerer15248233han_kerer
inserter82312133ins_erter
insnarer865303insnarer
inspirer1045183inspirer
insurer73312803ins_urer
oysterer1136103oysterer
panderer112210913pan_derer
pesterer102412703pesterer
serer55935503__s_erer
showerer1436163showerer
sneerer73512313sn_eerer
swearer10349953__swearer
sweer84918573__swe_er
swerver1365733__swerver
unanswered1443023unanswered
unswear1035003unswe_ar
unswore1039053unswore_
wanderer122210123wan_derer

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162426.93621073.0
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.37524229.3
 
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