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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 “pottering” 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.

41 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
pottering12261200(None) 
pattering122314421pattering
portering122012301portering
pothering151911281pothering
puttering122611641puttering
tottering10229611tottering
battering122715142battering
bettering122212752bettering
bittering122511992bittering
bothering152210202bothering
buttering122312522buttering
fettering132310512fettering
fostering132411262fostering
gettering112310032gettering
guttering112410442guttering
jittering17218422jittering
lettering102112072lettering
littering102411982littering
loitering1039682loitering
mattering122314052mattering
mothering152110182mothering
muttering122611322muttering
nattering102212212nattering
paltering122612892paltering
patterning1346072patterning
peltering122011672peltering
pestering122315662pestering
petering112516812p_etering
pondering132411332pondering
posturing1238992posturing
potteries11313592potteries
potteringly1762942potteringly
potting103720892pott__ing
powdering16246502powdering
powering142210802po_wering
spattering13107792spattering
sputtering13106462sputtering
tattering102212322tattering
tittering102310312tittering
uttering91613082_uttering
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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436413.56034111.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.96945021.7
 
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