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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 “bistres” 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.

38 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
bistres9401721(None) 
bisters93922611bisters
bistre83815021bistre_
bistred103311851bistred
bistros92810981bistros
basters94930302basters
bastes85330382bast_es
bestrew1248002bestrew
bestrews1335602bestrews
bhisties1339002bhisties
bises75435622bis__es
bisques18236892bisques
bister84922762bist_er
bistered112913322bistered
bistorts10118812bistorts
bistro8339942bistr_o
biters83925242bi_ters
bites75641172bi_t_es
bitters94920362bitters
blisters104015082blisters
bristles101510432bristles
busters94724132busters
bustles93816322bustles
distress9311712distress
istles62814982_istles
listees73416672listees
listers74026532listers
litres65220392li_tres
lustres73013232lustres
misters93927512misters
mistress10310702mistress
mitres83922072mi_tres
nitres65519332ni_tres
piastres10249302piastres
pistes85325632pist_es
ristras7311562ristras
sisters73721592sisters
titres64718932ti_tres

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671382.85637699.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.23255288.1
 
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