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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 “latherer” 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.

30 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
latherer11131045(None) 
blatherer14176721blatherer
gatherer12147911gatherer
lathered121512331lathered
latherers12158851latherers
adherer1137572_adherer
alterer72714002alt_erer
batterer102713212batterer
blathered15168362blathered
blatherers15175342blatherers
caterer92815942cat_erer
catheter1338152catheter
clatterer11186992clatterer
ditherer12187762ditherer
fathered151510432fathered
flatterer12187682flatterer
gathered13149382gathered
gatherers13156882gatherers
lateener835762lateener
lather95124362lath__er
lathers104321882lather_s
lathery133911122lather_y
lathier10310832lath_ier
leathered13148712leathered
letterer8259222letterer
litterer82810172litterer
patterer103112172patterer
slathered13148552slathered
waterer103314072wat_erer
witherer14187952witherer

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059304.00030264.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.40340583.9
 
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