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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 “strainer” 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.

34 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
strainer851222(None) 
stainer73614921st_ainer
strained9412251strained
strainers9510401strainers
straiter8311781straiter
trainer73316791_trainer
attainer8116912attainer
distrainer1146432distrainer
drainer83012842_drainer
entrainer968582entrainer
grainer83714062_grainer
restrainer1046972restrainer
sprained1138432sprained
staider83912612st_aider
stained84215342st_ained
stainers83212172st_ainers
strafer103912462stra_fer
strain64919572strain__
strains74218152strain_s
straiten838612straiten
strander97112062strander
stranger94715102stranger
strapper1258092strapper
strawier1137492strawier
strayer104312502stra_yer
strider84315722str_ider
striker113714172str_iker
stringer93812942str_inger
striper94514792str_iper
striver104315202str_iver
trailer73015392_trailer
trained84117202_trained
trainee72817792_trainee
trainers83114652_trainers

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059345.26622988.8
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691345.67231504.1
 
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