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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 “wintering” 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.

37 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
wintering1341236(None) 
sintering101014801sintering
bantering122414232bantering
bittering122511992bittering
cantering122417372cantering
centering122915142centering
cindering13311222cindering
entering91920052_entering
filtering13199722filtering
fingering1439192fingering
gingering1238872gingering
hindering14310272hindering
inhering12913712_inhering
interning10315252_interning
interring10315422_interring
jittering17218422jittering
lingering11310512lingering
littering102411982littering
mitering113015402mi_tering
sistering101213752sistering
tentering102313202tentering
tinkering1437702tinkering
tittering102310312tittering
twittering1444582twittering
waitering13310712waitering
wandering143310982wandering
watering122316312w_atering
weltering13219492weltering
westering132112642westering
wildering1456742wildering
winterier1238332winterier
winterish1546642winterish
winterize2146922winterize
winterizing2446052winterizing
wintling12249922wint_ling
withering16108812withering
wondering142110462wondering

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 Limit121436373.46635036.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.87546113.8
 
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