Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pestered” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
pestered	11	28	1495	(None)
festered	12	25	1210	1	festered
peltered	11	25	1044	1	peltered
pesterer	10	24	1270	1	pesterer
petered	10	33	1496	1	pe_tered
westered	12	25	1186	1	westered
bettered	11	30	1183	2	bettered
bistered	11	29	1332	2	bistered
centered	11	25	1352	2	centered
entered	8	27	1888	2	_entered
fettered	12	25	949	2	fettered
fostered	12	22	1045	2	fostered
gestured	10	3	699	2	gestured
gettered	10	25	861	2	gettered
leistered	10	3	704	2	leistered
lettered	9	29	1078	2	lettered
lustered	9	25	1060	2	lustered
mastered	11	26	1400	2	mastered
metered	10	35	1401	2	me_tered
mustered	11	25	1150	2	mustered
neutered	9	3	742	2	neutered
oystered	12	3	692	2	oystered
paltered	11	30	1248	2	paltered
pastored	11	3	996	2	pastored
pastured	11	3	823	2	pastured
pattered	11	27	1420	2	pattered
peered	9	38	1948	2	pe__ered
peppered	12	3	612	2	peppered
pester	8	48	2759	2	pester__
pesterers	11	25	1045	2	pesterers
pesters	9	38	2709	2	pester_s
pestled	10	27	1143	2	pest_led
pewterer	13	25	631	2	pewterer
plastered	12	8	889	2	plastered
portered	11	23	1153	2	portered
postured	11	3	949	2	postured
pottered	11	23	1166	2	pottered
prestored	12	51	1167	2	prestored
puttered	11	26	1114	2	puttered
restored	9	64	1719	2	restored
sistered	9	26	1280	2	sistered
teetered	9	25	830	2	teetered
tentered	9	64	1210	2	tentered
vestured	12	3	746	2	vestured
weltered	12	23	843	2	weltered
absterged	13	5	335	3	absterged
altered	8	32	1573	3	_altered
answered	12	3	548	3	answered
apertured	12	4	406	3	apertured
austere	7	3	1299	3	austere_
austerer	8	3	838	3	austerer
bantered	11	33	1363	3	bantered
bartered	11	31	1301	3	bartered
battered	11	33	1505	3	battered
beavered	14	3	750	3	beavered
beseemed	13	3	485	3	beseemed
besieged	12	3	472	3	besieged
besmeared	14	4	342	3	besmeared
bestead	10	38	911	3	beste_ad
besteaded	13	4	504	3	besteaded
bested	9	49	2275	3	best__ed
bestirred	12	4	380	3	bestirred
bestowed	14	15	661	3	bestowed
bestrew	12	4	800	3	best_rew
bestrewed	15	9	416	3	bestrewed
bestrid	10	3	997	3	best_rid
bistred	10	33	1185	3	bist_red
bittered	11	27	1183	3	bittered
blistered	12	16	768	3	blistered
blustered	12	15	726	3	blustered
bolstered	12	4	609	3	bolstered
buttered	11	27	1262	3	buttered
cantered	11	34	1598	3	cantered
catered	10	31	1777	3	_catered
centred	10	34	1168	3	cent_red
clustered	12	18	661	3	clustered
coshered	14	6	1029	3	coshered
cottered	11	25	1173	3	cottered
cratered	11	4	968	3	cratered
delustered	12	4	329	3	delustered
deserted	10	10	1220	3	des_erted
deserved	13	10	813	3	des_erved
desexed	16	3	617	3	des_exed
desired	9	3	1198	3	des_ired
destined	10	33	1245	3	destined
deterged	11	12	792	3	de_terged
deterred	10	13	780	3	de_terred
dewatered	14	4	474	3	dewatered
enterer	7	20	1563	3	_enterer
estated	8	37	1557	3	_estated
esteem	8	3	881	3	_este_em
esteemed	11	4	447	3	_esteemed
ester	5	47	2771	3	_ester__
esters	6	46	2773	3	_ester_s
faltered	12	28	1098	3	faltered
fastened	12	25	785	3	fastened
feathered	16	18	889	3	feathered
featured	12	3	768	3	featured
fendered	13	25	867	3	fendered
fester	9	47	2351	3	fester__
festers	10	41	2139	3	fester_s
fetterer	11	20	781	3	fetterer
fevered	14	33	972	3	fe_vered
filtered	12	25	904	3	filtered
flustered	13	18	588	3	flustered
fosterer	11	23	952	3	fosterer
gartered	10	31	958	3	gartered
gendered	11	25	887	3	gendered
gestated	10	29	1057	3	gestated
gesture	8	3	924	3	gesture_
gesturer	9	3	598	3	gesturer
gestures	9	3	1001	3	gestures
glistered	11	17	629	3	glistered
guttered	10	25	916	3	guttered
haltered	12	31	1255	3	haltered
hastened	12	23	910	3	hastened
heathered	16	14	946	3	heathered
hectored	14	3	687	3	hectored
holstered	13	4	588	3	holstered
hosteled	12	3	728	3	hosteled
jeered	14	39	1279	3	je__ered
jested	14	44	1650	3	jest__ed
jester	13	43	1915	3	jester__
jesters	14	41	1819	3	jester_s
jittered	16	26	722	3	jittered
kashered	16	3	640	3	kashered
kestrel	11	3	711	3	kest_rel
koshered	16	3	606	3	koshered
leathered	13	14	871	3	leathered
lechered	14	3	752	3	lechered
lectured	11	12	722	3	lectured
leered	7	38	1622	3	le__ered
lessened	9	3	509	3	lessened
letterer	8	25	922	3	letterer
levered	11	42	1230	3	le_vered
listened	9	16	881	3	listened
littered	9	25	1138	3	littered
lobstered	12	4	464	3	lobstered
loitered	9	3	818	3	loitered
lustred	8	35	905	3	lust_red
mattered	11	24	1290	3	mattered
membered	15	3	590	3	membered
mentored	11	3	800	3	mentored
meseemed	13	4	396	3	meseemed
mestee	8	45	2388	3	meste_e_
mestees	9	46	1775	3	meste_es
metred	9	53	1514	3	me_t_red
mistermed	14	3	836	3	mistermed
mitered	10	32	1323	3	_mitered
muttered	11	26	1079	3	muttered
nattered	9	20	1162	3	nattered
neatened	9	3	704	3	neatened
nested	7	47	2006	3	nest__ed
nester	6	41	2418	3	nester__
nesters	7	44	2279	3	nester_s
nestled	8	34	990	3	nest_led
osiered	8	3	712	3	_osiered
oysterer	11	3	610	3	oysterer
palterer	10	24	1127	3	palterer
pampered	15	22	922	3	pampered
pandered	12	18	1257	3	pandered
papered	12	25	1316	3	p_apered
partnered	12	4	447	3	partnered
pasted	9	44	2690	3	past__ed
paster	8	57	3437	3	paster__
pastern	9	44	1506	3	paster_n
pasterns	10	41	1262	3	pasterns
pasters	9	45	3173	3	paster_s
pasture	9	3	1146	3	pasture_
pasturer	10	3	752	3	pasturer
pastures	10	3	1196	3	pastures
pattened	11	29	939	3	pattened
patterer	10	31	1217	3	patterer
patterned	12	6	574	3	patterned
paupered	13	21	693	3	paupered
pectized	22	25	759	3	pectized
peeked	13	43	1457	3	pe__eked
peeled	9	41	1970	3	pe__eled
peened	9	43	1815	3	pe__ened
peeped	11	39	1538	3	pe__eped
peeved	12	41	1288	3	pe__eved
pelleted	11	3	819	3	pelleted
pelted	9	46	1775	3	pelt__ed
pelter	8	33	2162	3	pelter__
pelters	9	37	2031	3	pelter_s
penster	9	28	1195	3	penster__
pensters	10	30	1212	3	penster_s
pentene	9	3	1379	3	pentene_
pentenes	10	3	1563	3	pentenes
pepperer	11	4	527	3	pepperer
peptized	22	23	751	3	peptized
perdured	12	28	738	3	perdured
perjured	18	28	626	3	perjured
persevered	16	4	262	3	persevered
perspired	14	4	420	3	perspired
perter	8	44	2228	3	perter__
perturbed	14	4	334	3	perturbed
perverted	15	4	609	3	perverted
pestering	12	23	1566	3	pestering
pestier	9	43	1740	3	pest_ier
pestle	8	32	1584	3	pest_le_
pestles	9	32	1769	3	pest_les
petaled	10	36	1414	3	pe_taled
petard	9	50	1380	3	pe_tar_d
peter	7	44	2759	3	pe_ter__
peters	8	66	2459	3	pe_ter_s
petrel	8	31	1153	3	pe_t_rel
petted	9	41	2152	3	pe_t_ted
petter	8	39	2477	3	petter__
petters	9	37	2236	3	petter_s
pettled	10	36	1150	3	pe_ttled
pewter	11	40	1367	3	pewter__
pewterers	14	21	604	3	pewterers
pewters	12	41	1335	3	pewter_s
peytrel	12	6	425	3	peyt_rel
philtered	15	4	549	3	philtered
pictured	13	4	657	3	pictured
pilfered	14	3	585	3	pilfered
pistoled	11	25	959	3	pistoled
plaistered	13	4	413	3	plaistered
plasterer	11	7	810	3	plasterer
pondered	12	64	1129	3	pondered
posted	9	37	2249	3	post__ed
posteen	9	35	1262	3	poste_en
poster	8	41	2917	3	poster__
postern	9	36	1561	3	poster_n
posterns	10	27	1372	3	posterns
posters	9	39	2801	3	poster_s
postgrad	12	4	549	3	postgrad
posture	9	3	1325	3	posture_
posturer	10	3	892	3	posturer
postures	10	3	1378	3	postures
pothered	14	23	1104	3	pothered
potterer	10	23	1026	3	potterer
powdered	15	25	689	3	powdered
powered	13	29	1164	3	p_owered
prealtered	13	4	493	3	prealtered
premiered	14	23	708	3	premiered
prescored	14	40	940	3	prescored
preserved	15	10	756	3	pres_erved
pressured	12	3	733	3	pressured
prester	9	35	1962	3	prester__
presterna	11	4	526	3	presterna
presters	10	34	1900	3	prester_s
prestore	10	42	1734	3	prestore_
prestores	11	47	1608	3	prestores
prospered	14	4	697	3	prospered
puckered	17	3	610	3	puckered
pustuled	11	3	495	3	pustuled
putterer	10	20	991	3	putterer
raftered	12	3	766	3	raftered
realtered	10	3	789	3	realtered
reentered	10	3	857	3	reentered
registered	12	4	529	3	registered
remastered	13	4	564	3	remastered
rendered	10	25	1226	3	rendered
rescored	11	45	1310	3	rescored
reseed	7	48	2329	3	res_e_ed
reseeded	10	3	809	3	reseeded
reserved	12	10	1058	3	res_erved
resewed	11	30	1182	3	res_ewed
respired	11	4	899	3	respired
restaged	10	30	1186	3	restaged
restarted	10	4	1005	3	restarted
restated	9	31	2018	3	restated
rested	7	44	3078	3	rest__ed
rester	6	38	3243	3	rester__
resters	7	41	3040	3	rester_s
restoked	13	57	1053	3	restoked
restore	7	58	2297	3	restore_
restorer	8	48	1372	3	restorer
restores	8	52	2299	3	restores
restyled	12	3	694	3	restyled
retired	8	46	2014	3	re_tired
reuttered	10	3	607	3	reuttered
revered	11	28	1933	3	re_vered
roistered	10	3	764	3	roistered
roystered	13	4	487	3	roystered
sceptered	14	4	472	3	sceptered
sectored	11	3	806	3	sectored
sered	6	57	3729	3	__s_ered
sesterce	10	4	711	3	sesterce
sesterces	11	4	787	3	sesterces
severed	11	35	1386	3	se_vered
sewered	11	29	1124	3	se_wered
sheltered	13	3	557	3	sheltered
sintered	9	22	1390	3	sintered
skeltered	14	4	387	3	skeltered
spattered	12	18	764	3	spattered
speered	10	36	1481	3	spe__ered
sputtered	12	16	632	3	sputtered
stared	7	54	2987	3	__stared
steed	6	60	2494	3	__ste_ed
steered	8	36	1525	3	__steered
stere	5	53	2854	3	__stere_
stereo	6	53	1791	3	__stereo
steres	6	39	2953	3	__steres
stewed	10	48	1424	3	__stewed
stored	7	55	2421	3	__stored
sweltered	13	4	445	3	sweltered
tattered	9	20	1144	3	tattered
teddered	11	25	518	3	teddered
telfered	12	3	488	3	telfered
tempered	13	24	821	3	tempered
tendered	10	25	1060	3	tendered
tested	7	44	2152	3	test__ed
testee	6	43	2330	3	teste_e_
testees	7	42	1591	3	teste_es
tester	6	42	2715	3	tester__
testers	7	41	2454	3	tester_s
tethered	12	3	849	3	tethered
textured	16	9	548	3	textured
tittered	9	23	949	3	tittered
tottered	9	20	870	3	tottered
unentered	10	3	757	3	unentered
upstared	11	15	657	3	upstared
ushered	11	3	915	3	_ushered
uttered	8	27	1243	3	_uttered
vectored	14	3	562	3	vectored
veered	10	36	1274	3	ve__ered
veneered	12	3	598	3	veneered
ventured	12	3	827	3	ventured
vesseled	12	4	380	3	vesseled
vested	10	42	1735	3	vest__ed
vestee	9	43	1915	3	veste_e_
vestees	10	35	1317	3	veste_es
vesture	10	3	1037	3	vesture_
vestures	11	3	1104	3	vestures
waitered	12	3	875	3	waitered
watered	11	30	1495	3	_watered
weathered	16	16	851	3	weathered
wester	9	42	2289	3	wester__
westerly	14	4	555	3	westerly
western	10	29	1109	3	wester_n
westerner	12	4	495	3	westerner
westerns	11	32	896	3	westerns
westers	10	52	2196	3	wester_s
wintered	12	21	1157	3	wintered
yattered	12	23	953	3	yattered
yester	9	34	1798	3	yester__
yestereve	15	4	313	3	yestereve
yestern	10	33	863	3	yester_n
yestreen	11	4	459	3	yestreen
zested	16	42	1404	3	zest__ed
zester	15	36	1779	3	zester__
zesters	16	35	1729	3	zester_s

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	346	6.906	21164.5
3	Display Results	346	346	0.140	2471.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	346	7.202	24811.3