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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 “bistre” 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
bistre8381502(None) 
bister84922761bister
bistred103311851bistred
bistres94017211bistres
bistro8339941bistro
baste74829982bast_e
baster85333592baster
bestrew1248002bestrew
bhistie1236772bhistie
bise66437102bis__e
bisque17257842bisque
bistate9313822bistate
bistered112913332bistered
bisters93922612bisters
bistort91216522bistort
bistros92810982bistros
bite66547002bi_t_e
biter75030032bi_ter
bitter84622672bitter
blister94415312blister
bristle91910102bristle
buster84726492buster
bustle84015482bustle
istle52214712_istle
listee64223062listee
lister64527252lister
litre55421462li_tre
lustre64011682lustre
mister84728562mister
mitre75522422mi_tre
nitre57519682ni_tre
piastre9307892piastre
piste75824602pist_e
ristra6310712ristra
sister64421582sister
sistra639332sistra
titre54619392ti_tre

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551372.62631436.0
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691372.99959583.5
 
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