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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 “pasteurise” 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.

28 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
pasteurise124410(None) 
pasteurised1452601pasteurised
pasteurises1343951pasteurises
pasteurize2143651pasteurize
pasteurized2353112pasteurized
pasteurizer2252652pasteurizer
pasteurizes2243662pasteurizes
asterisk1248673_aste_risk
asterism10413253_aste_rism
auteurism1144613_auteurism
auteurist946783_auteurist
masteries111018493maste_ries
passerine1147083passe_rine
pastelist1149623paste_list
pastellist1255573pastellist
pasterns104112623paste_rns_
pasters94531733paste_r_s_
pasteups1243493pasteu_ps_
pasteurising1552883pasteurising
pasteurizers2351763pasteurizers
pastries101517423past__ries
pasturage1244923past_urage
pasture9311463past_ur__e
pastures10311963past_ures_
pasturing1238433past_uring
posturist11410443post_urist
wasterie111211583waste_ri_e
wasteries121115343waste_ries

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603286.07623140.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.52827373.0
 
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