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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 “butcherer” 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.

41 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
butcherer164375(None) 
butchered1744581butchered
butcherers1742701butcherers
butcher143411162butch__er
butcheries1745072butcheries
butcherly19252652butcherly
butchers153710182butcher_s
butchery18326252butcher_y
batcher144414853batch__er
batchers153613273batcher_s
batterer102713213bat_terer
bickerer16106773b_ickerer
bitcheries1745903bitcheries
bitchery18236563bitcher_y
bitchier15307733bitch_ier
bitterer10309773bit_terer
blatherer14176713blatherer
botcher143613223botch__er
botcheries1746053botcheries
botchers153511543botcher_s
botchery18366763botcher_y
botchier15287143botch_ier
bothered142110393bot_hered
bunchier1536153bunch_ier
busheler1374753bu_sheler
butchering1844503butchering
butches144315363butch__es
buttered112712623but_tered
butterier1177453but_terier
cutcheries1745083cutcheries
cutchery18265173cutcher_y
ditherer12187763dit_herer
furtherer1543813furtherer
gatherer12147903gat_herer
latherer111310443lat_herer
mutterer10218913mut_terer
puckerer1645793pu_ckerer
putterer10209913put_terer
utterer71910463_ut_terer
witherer14187953wit_herer
wuthered15157433wut_hered

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641416.90621523.5
3Display Results41410.0331242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691417.10925135.9
 
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