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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 “megastar” 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.

30 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
megastar114353(None) 
megastars1243651megastars
megabar1244502mega_bar
degasser10325813degasser
easter65027983_e_aster
egesta7428653_egesta_
feaster10812983fe_aster
gaster75027353__gaster
legator83011133lega_tor
magister1136283magister
master84831343m__aster
meatal84114733me_a_tal
megabars1344403mega_bars
megadeal1243473megadeal
megara9310093mega_ra_
megaspore1443443megaspore
megass9219443megas__s
megasse10266243megas_se
megasses11307743megasses
megaton10269853mega_ton
megawatt1444653megawatt
meister93114163me_ister
metatag1045053meta_tag
negater83711963nega_ter
negator83010673nega_tor
regatta835963regatta_
regattas944473regattas
register939553register
registrar1042783registrar
remaster10311473remaster

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162306.76321612.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.20224811.3
 
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