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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 “lefter” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

121 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
lefter9361343(None) 
defter104215921defter
hefter124313921hefter
letter63722581letter
lifter93814811lifter
lofter94614721lofter
after85719792_after
alerter72111512alerter
beater84729392beater
belter84720962belter
better84723702better
bleater94515302bleater
center84421412center
clefted13326752clefted
dafter104813342dafter
defer94619752def_er
deffer134411302deffer
defier105118652defier
deter65028042de_ter
dexter143810892dexter
eater54639842_eater
elater64724202elater
enter54726382_enter
ester54727712_ester
feater95224052feater
fester94723512fester
fetter94120382fetter
fleeter103210362fleeter
getter74117612getter
hafter124815882hafter
heater94828302heater
hefted134911422hefted
hefters134312002hefters
heftier1337202heftier
jester134319152jester
kelter103214382kelter
laster64830632laster
later54843922l_ater
latter65027892latter
leader74824652leader
leafier10329832leafier
leaker104620072leaker
leaner64022192leaner
leaper88118942leaper
leaser65322672leaser
leather103815782leather
leaver94321512leaver
lecher113415852lecher
lectern937032lectern
lector83514992lector
ledger85914392ledger
leer46239352le__er
left76340482left__
leftest10269462leftest
lefties10312072lefties
leftover1442712leftover
lefts86517812left_s
lefty115613562left_y
leger65721512le_ger
leister73212752leister
lender73921272lender
lenten6312882lenten
leper74820742le_per
lesser63514852lesser
letted74118542letted
letters73819852letters
lever85125162le_ver
levier94013872levier
lewder10479612lewder
liefer9529572lief_er
lifer85822152lif_er
lifted104413522lifted
lifters104313782lifters
linter64625342linter
lister64527252lister
liter54736342l_iter
litter64324852litter
lofted103811892lofted
lofters103912902lofters
loftier1037762loftier
loiter64619172loiter
looter64222322looter
lotter64025602lotter
luster64023672luster
meeter83616502meeter
melter83520112melter
meter75130322me_ter
neater64424312neater
nester64124182nester
netter63722022netter
neuter63713792neuter
ofter84116872_ofter
pelter83321622pelter
perter84422282perter
pester84827592pester
peter74427592pe_ter
petter83924772petter
pewter114013672pewter
pleater93916332pleater
rafter94517582rafter
refer84822142ref_er
refuter104312192refuter
renter64527412renter
rester63832432rester
seater64534162seater
setter64023722setter
sifter94516232sifter
softer94015312softer
teeter65420312teeter
tenter64623932tenter
tester64227152tester
tetter64322452tetter
tufter9319932tufter
venter94218722venter
vetter93417642vetter
wafter124114612wafter
welter93417382welter
wester94222892wester
wetter93919442wetter
yester93417982yester
zester153617792zester

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511212.34335233.0
3Display Results1211210.0462630.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911212.73265406.7
 
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