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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 “passerby” 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.

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
passerby154250(None) 
passersby1641031passersby
passer84721032passer__
passers94717752passer_s
assembly1543853_assembly
assert64922583_asser_t
asserts74311793_asserts
easterly11246643easterly
gasser75017773gasser__
gassers84714633gasser_s
jaspery19405253jasper_y
massedly1444303massedly
masterly13317653masterly
mastery124214323master_y
paperboy1743723pa_perboy
papery134812743pa_per_y
parser84822373parser__
parsers94118153parser_s
passably1537253passably
passe75525693passe___
passed94320943passe__d
passee84522023passe__e
passel85117003passe__l
passels93913023passe_ls
passerine1147083passerine
passes86030473passe__s
passkey1633563pass_key
paster85734373paster__
pastern94415063paster_n
pasterns104112623pasterns
pasters94531733paster_s
pastorly1345783pastorly
pastry114913033pa_str_y
pauser84415963pauser__
pausers94113223pauser_s
pessary1246873pessar_y
pisser84416383pisser__
pissers95014753pisser_s
plastery13279703plaster_y
sassaby1244003sass_aby
wastery134610993waster_y

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162417.23620199.3
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.67223291.3
 
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