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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 “austerest” 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.

40 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
austerest94865(None) 
austere7312992austere__
austerely1244132austerely
austerer838382austere_r
absterges1244763absterges_
adulteress1142903adulteress
asterisk1248673a_sterisk
asterism10413253a_sterism
asters65631603a_ster_s_
auntliest936323auntliest
austereness1154293austereness
austerity1245813austerity
auteurist946783au_teurist
bitterest1147713bitterest
busters94724133buster_s_
bustiest102815053bust_iest
butteriest1276883butteriest
dusters84918363duster_s_
dustiest93015073dust_iest
eusteles838043eusteles_
fustiest113014573fust_iest
gustiest92914523gust_iest
interest8319183_interest
justers143815733juster_s_
justest1449893just__est
lustered92510603lustere_d
lusterless1043693lusterless
lusters73921443luster_s_
lustiest82914493lust_iest
lustres73013233lust_res_
mustees94614923muste_es_
mustered112511503mustere_d
musters94522513muster_s_
mustiest103017533must_iest
ousters74122793ouster_s_
queerest1746273qu_eerest
rustiest83116803rust_iest
serest64831613__s_erest
steres63929533__steres_
sternest8314433__sternest

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641406.40623203.4
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691406.87625987.6
 
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