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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 “pasture” 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.

38 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
pasture931146(None) 
pastured1138231pastured
pasturer1037521pasturer
pastures10311961pastures
posture9313251posture
assure6610772_assure
astute6310762_astute
capture1138912capture
dasyure1153822dasyure
facture12108942facture
gesture839242gesture
mature8313472ma_ture
nature6311262na_ture
parure8312522pa_rure
paste74932952past__e
paster85734372paster_
pastern94415062pastern
pasters94531732pasters
pastie85525522past_ie
pastier94320382pastier
pastime114611972pastime
pastor84817482pastor_
pastored1139972pastored
pastors94119002pastors
pastry114913032past_ry
pasturage1244922pasturage
pastural1038412pastural
pasturers1136392pasturers
piastre9307892piast_re
picture1158612picture
postured1139492postured
posturer1038922posturer
postures10313782postures
pustule937682pustule
rapture937392rapture
rasure6311422ras_ure
vesture10310372vesture
wafture1334852wafture

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911076710.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit107671387.28314783.9
3Display Results38380.0301266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691388.10922036.1
 
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