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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 “blistered” 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.

29 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
blistered1216768(None) 
bistered112913321b_istered
blustered12157261blustered
glistered11176291glistered
banistered1394622banistered
bistred103311852b_ist_red
bittered112711832b_ittered
blattered12198562blattered
blinkered1644412blinkered
blister94415312blister__
blisters104015082blister_s
blistery13418712blister_y
blithered15156122blithered
blusterer11176292blusterer
bolstered1246092bolstered
cloistered1344512cloistered
clustered12186612clustered
flittered13196252flittered
flustered13185882flustered
glistened11174282glistened
glittered11195402glittered
leistered1037042leistered
listened9168812_listened
littered92511382_littered
lustered92510602_lustered
plaistered1344132plaistered
plastered1288892plastered
roistered1037642roistered
sistered92612802_sistered

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 Filter1786911214360.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121436293.42335476.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.81246875.9
 
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