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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 “gathering” 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.

35 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
gathering149946(None) 
fathering161010091fathering
gatherings15105291gatherings
lathering13912251lathering
adhering1338882_adhering
atheling1249202_atheling
battering122715142battering
blathering16107582blathering
bothering152210202bothering
catering112019902cat_ering
dithering1499852dithering
feathering17108792feathering
gandering122111292gandering
garnering11298082garnering
gartering112111572gartering
gettering112310032gettering
guttering112410442guttering
ingathering16103012ingathering
kashering1736252kashering
leathering1488682leathering
mattering122314052mattering
mothering152110182mothering
nattering102212212nattering
pattering122314422pattering
pothering151911282pothering
regathering1645202regathering
slathering14108282slathering
tattering102212322tattering
tethering1339132tethering
upgathering1842202upgathering
watering122316312wat_ering
weathering1798352weathering
withering16108812withering
wuthering1697802wuthering
yattering132410442yattering

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436353.31336654.4
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.73247880.8
 
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