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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 “keester” 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.

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
keester1131991(None) 
keesters12319591keesters
keister113011571keister
keyster14256151keyster
kiester11329971kiester
deemster1175712deemster
detester9239682detester
diester83013682diester
easter65027982_easter
ester54727712__ester
feaster10812982feaster
fester94723512_fester
heister103613622heister
jester134319152_jester
keener104012842kee_ner
keeper123811922kee_per
keisters123212042keisters
kelter103214382k_elter
keysters15326332keysters
kiesters123310152kiesters
klister113410642klister
leister73212752leister
meeter83616502mee_ter
meister93114162meister
nester64124182_nester
penster92811952penster
pester84827592_pester
prester93519622prester
quester161410022quester
reenter73217792reenter
reested82916232reested
rester63832432_rester
semester1038902semester
skeeter113410412skee_ter
teeter65420312tee_ter
tester64227152_tester
webster1236092webster
wester94222892_wester
wrester102812412wrester
yester93417982_yester
zester153617792_zester

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit107671416.31317055.4
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.05925313.9
 
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