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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 “filtering” 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.

31 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
filtering1319972(None) 
faltering132211111faltering
altering91917112_altering
bittering122511992bittering
festering132413172festering
fettering132310512fettering
fileting1239302fil_eting
filleting1335842filleting
fingering1439192fingering
fleering123811282f_leering
flittering1486502flittering
fostering132411262fostering
frittering14105622frittering
fullering1336652fullering
haltering132212002haltering
jittering17218422jittering
littering102411982littering
mitering113015402mi_tering
paltering122612892paltering
peltering122011672peltering
philtering1646252philtering
pilfering1536392pilfering
refiltering1544822refiltering
silvering1337922silvering
sintering101014802sintering
sistering101213752sistering
tillering1037882tillering
tittering102310312tittering
weltering13219492weltering
wildering1456742wildering
wintering13412362wintering

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436313.11039046.9
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.51350865.6
 
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