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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 “protostars” 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
protostars124685(None) 
protostar1146691protostar_
photostats1547062photostats
protesters12169382protesters
protestors12169312protestors
protistans1245202protistans
photoscans1755463photoscans
photostat1447993photosta_t
polestars1157283p_olestars
promoters13310093promo_ters
proposals1346663propos_als
proposers13228523propos_ers
protecters14168253protecters
protectors142010143protectors
protestant1247423protestant
protestants1354553protestants
protester111510483protester_
protestor11178493protestor_
protests10310493protest__s
protistan1145983protista_n
protists10313363protist__s
protonates12411693protonates
protonotary1653143protonotary
protostele1245073protostele
protosteles1354563protosteles
protostome1456143protostome
protostomes1555803protostomes
protozoans2155533protozoans
provosts1336083provost__s
roosters83514663_ro_osters

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603307.00320077.5
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.43624030.5
 
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