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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 “forgathered” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

49 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
forgathered195182(None) 
foregathered2051781foregathered
forgather1643662forgather__
forgathers1743552forgather_s
fathered151510433f___athered
feathered16188893f__eathered
foregather1743663foregather__
foregathers1843223foregather_s
forgathering2052193forgathering
furthered1644473fur__thered
gathered13149383___gathered
godfathered2051413godfathered
ingathered1542963_ingathered
regathered15124573_regathered
upgathered1742023_upgathered
blathered15168364__blathered
bothered142110394bo___thered
brothered1546004_br_othered
cratered1149684_cr_at_ered
featherbed19174664f__eatherbed
flattered13188634f__lattered
forefather1943574forefather__
forefathers2053144forefather_s
foregathering2151954foregathering
forgetter1345374forgetter__
forgetters1444164forgetter_s
formatted1544884format__ted
formatter1445464formatter__
formatters1544574formatter_s
fostered122210454fo__st_ered
frittered13205164f_r_ittered
furtherer1543814fur__therer
gatherer12147914___gatherer
goatherd1335264go__ather_d
godmothered1961744godmothered
heathered16149464__heathered
lathered121512334___lathered
leathered13148714__leathered
megathere1544734_megathere_
megatheres1644854_megatheres
mothered142310104mo___thered
murthered1544474mur__thered
portered112311544por__t_ered
pothered142311044po___thered
slathered13148554__slathered
unfathered1743784_unfathered
unweathered1852504unweathered
weathered16168514__weathered
woolgatherer196544woolgatherer

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819498.90616710.0
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691499.34219127.7
 
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