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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 “abstainer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
abstainer114440(None) 
abstained1245051abstained
abstainers1243451abstainers
abstain947252abstain__
abstains1047322abstain_s
attainer8116912a_ttainer
obtainer1045792ob_tainer
stainer73614922__stainer
sustainer944782sustainer
abstaining1344573abstaining
abstinent1145923abst_inent
abstracter1444693abstracter
abstruser1162973abstruser
assailer844823a_ssailer
astatine8313533a_statine_
astatines9310343a_statines
attainder10103393a_ttainder
attained997353a_ttained
attainers9115593a_ttainers
bargainer1244563bargainer
baseliner1144743baseliner
betaine9413783_betaine_
betaines10313293_betaines
certainer1146193certainer
container11311073container
destained1158253destained
detainer92910793_detainer
distained1139603distained
distrainer1146433distrainer
maintainer1243513maintainer
obtained1136533ob_tained
obtainers1144853ob_tainers
restrainer1046973restrainer
retainer82913813_retainer
staider83912613__staider
stained84215343__stained
stainers83212173__stainers
strainer8512223__strainer
sustained1045383sustained
sustainers1044133sustainers
unstained1038683unstained

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.593301333.9
2DLD Change Limit148641418.43617619.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691419.04519755.8
 
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