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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 “fettle” 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.

54 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
fettle9371312(None) 
fettled11378931fettled
fettles103912731fettles
kettle104311611kettle
mettle83815721mettle
nettle64514581nettle
pettle84116051pettle
settle63915661settle
battle85217862battle
beetle8311672beetle
bottle84916072bottle
cattle85118902cattle
cuttle84113892cuttle
dottle74212502dottle
featly123711752featly
feeble1138252feeble
female11310552female
fertile10311732fertile
ferule93413202ferule
fetal85623372fetal_
fete75734922fe_t_e
fetted104817892fetted
fetter94120382fetter
footle93914382footle
futile93914952futile
fytte1138582fytt_e
gentle74014512gentle
guttle74111972guttle
kettles113411612kettles
kittle104012172kittle
little63312162little
mettled103510542mettled
mettles94115022mettles
mottle84116052mottle
nestle63013952nestle
nettled8339942nettled
nettler7349502nettler
nettles73214082nettles
nettly9459452nettly
pestle83215842pestle
pettled103611502pettled
pettles93916482pettles
pottle84416102pottle
rattle64717612rattle
retile65929672retile
retitle73913092retitle
settee63721022settee
settled83210872settled
settler73410652settler
settles73916002settles
tattle64115652tattle
tittle63613322tittle
vittle94711752vittle
wattle94314212wattle

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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551542.72030349.6
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691542.85962501.2
 
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