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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 “waitering” 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.

34 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
waitering1331071(None) 
watering122316311wa_tering
altering91917112_altering
bantering122414232bantering
bartering122313642bartering
battering122715142battering
cantering122417372cantering
catering112019902ca_tering
daikering1536102daikering
faltering132211112faltering
gartering112111572gartering
haltering132212002haltering
loitering1039682loitering
mastering122315302mastering
mattering122314052mattering
mitering113015402_mitering
nattering102212212nattering
paltering122612892paltering
pattering122314422pattering
tattering102212322tattering
wafering15208892wa_fering
wagering13219522wa_gering
wairing113414312wai__ring
waiting113618952wait__ing
wandering143310982wandering
waterings13229252wa_terings
wavering152410542wa_vering
weltering13219492weltering
westering132112642westering
whitening1635102whitening
whitewing1943852whitewing
wintering13412362wintering
withering16108812w_ithering
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 Filter1786911214360.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121436343.67033088.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.82946667.8
 
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