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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 “knitters” 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.

40 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
knitters1233662(None) 
knitter11348131knitter_
knotters12276151knotters
bitters94920362_bitters
chitters133711172chitters
critters103511332critters
emitters10349642emitters
fitters104517752_fitters
flitters114312172flitters
fritters113810782fritters
glitters93710542glitters
gritters94210632gritters
hitters104717592_hitters
jitters144314472_jitters
keisters123212042keisters
kilters113813602k_ilters
kiters105218592k_i_ters
kittens11347582k_ittens
klisters123910482klisters
knickers13306722knickers
knifers14537082kni_fers
knitted12337422knitte_d
knotter11317642knotter_
litters73422572_litters
natters73718062_natters
netters73618582_netters
niters64624212_ni_ters
nutters74215432_nutters
omitters10277652omitters
quitters17238522quitters
ritters74020622_ritters
sitters74221552_sitters
skitters12349552skitters
slitters84014132slitters
snifters11318612snifters
spitters104113382spitters
titters74219622_titters
twitters11296772twitters
uniters73814172uni_ters
whitters14359402whitters

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121059403.95330624.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.73537738.3
 
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