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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 “feterita” 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.

38 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
feterita116646(None) 
feteritas1264891feteritas
emerita938712_emerita
alterity1149843alterity
apteria9312913apteri_a
asteria7316183asteri_a
cafeteria1453803cafeteri_a
celerity1347643celerity
demerit10314993demerit_
demerits11310763demerits
detrital946573det_rital
dexterity2044343dexterity
emeritae1046353_emeritae
emeritas1046433_emeritas
emeriti949433_emeriti
eternity1146683_eternity
federate12310883federate
feria85922713f__eri_a
ferity122813343f__erity
ferrite103312753fe_rrite
festering132413173festering
fetidity1545853fetidity
fettering132310513fettering
fevering152510083fevering
feverish1745413feverish
futurity1454883futurity
laterite8716343laterite
legerity1245713legerity
meteorite1148173meteorite
metering112915633metering
petering112516813petering
preterit10315843preterit_
preterite11613203preterite
preterits11410963preterits
senorita848283senorita
sestertia945423sestertia
severity1446973severity
temerity1346903temerity

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162387.12620511.1
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.57523589.6
 
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