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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 “dithering” 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.

23 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
dithering149985(None) 
withering16108811withering
bittering122511992bittering
blithering16116122blithering
bothering152210202bothering
ciphering17217702ciphering
diapering1339032diapering
dickering1737462dickering
differing1746472differing
fathering161010092fathering
gathering1499462gathering
inhering12913712_inhering
jittering17218422jittering
lathering13912252lathering
littering102411982littering
mitering113015402mit_ering
mothering152110182mothering
pothering151911282pothering
slithering1496892slithering
swithering17105212swithering
tethering1339132tethering
tittering102310312tittering
wuthering1697802wuthering

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436233.65633215.5
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691234.09243668.4
 
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