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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 “bother” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

130 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
bother11521806(None) 
bather115322511bather
botcher143613221botcher
bothers124317751bothers
brother123311331brother
mother113718641mother
nother93815961nother
other84219101_other
pother113818851pother
tother94117141tother
aether94213672aether
another10289152another
anther93715062anther
basher115123812basher
batcher144414852batcher
bathe105822882bathe_
bathed125518742bathed
bathers124720362bathers
bathes116524832bathes
batter84928872batter
bethel1169642bethel
better84723702better
biter75030032bit_er
bitter84622672bitter
blather125314202blather
blether12459912blether
blither124812172blither
blotter94612852blotter
boater84622092boater
bobber95016742bobber
boche124216952boche_
boches134618522boches
bohea105013732bo_hea
boiler84319272boiler
bolder94820932bolder
bolter83920752bolter
bomber125014652bomber
bonder95324782bonder
boner75133082bo_ner
bonier84321992bonier
bonzer175313672bonzer
booger94816552booger
booker124719192booker
boomer104618512boomer
boozer174815962boozer
bopper123813832bopper
border94419972border
borer75131272bo_rer
boshes114721882boshes
bosker123813652bosker
botched153611902botched
botchers153511542botchers
botchery18366762botchery
botches143716022botches
botchier15287142botchier
botel75121862bot_el
both96533432both__
bothered142110392bothered
bothies12414782bothies
bothy136713962both_y
bottler94211882bottler
bower107328182bo_wer
bowler114217312bowler
bowyer14368922bowyer
boxer145016522bo_xer
boxier154311742boxier
brothel12318192brothel
brothers133410832brothers
busher114922202busher
butcher143411162butcher
butler84220032butler
butter84724232butter
cither114616682cither
cosher114819902cosher
cotter84926672cotter
couther123914632couther
dither104417682dither
doter65428622dot_er
dotier73917032dotier
dotter74419342dotter
either94517422either
ether84518772_ether
father125116712father
frother133110152frother
gather104115852gather
gopher1239182gopher
hither124417252hither
hotter94720082hotter
ither84617602_ither
josher164312962josher
jotter134315632jotter
kosher134412972kosher
lather95124352lather
lither94520952lither
loather103711002loather
lotter64025602lotter
mither114218562mither
mosher114719792mosher
mothers123717622mothers
mothery153710512mothery
mothier121910212mothier
mouther123812812mouther
nether94014162nether
norther1039732norther
nosher94616362nosher
notcher123610932notcher
noter55025642not_er
ocher104516102_ocher
others93918002_others
otter54423972_otter
posher115018162posher
potherb14358682potherb
pothers123818622pothers
potter83926982potter
potzer174411212potzer
rather94319742rather
rotter64325462rotter
smother123510212smother
soother104215042soother
souther104116302souther
tether93716102tether
tither94920282tither
tocher114014912tocher
toter55932132tot_er
totter65021462totter
voter85121052vot_er
wether123315392wether
wither124321352wither
wuther124511612wuther
zither183813082zither

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit825511302.61031628.7
3Display Results1301300.0333939.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911302.74965002.2
 
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