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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 “telecasts” 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.

43 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
telecasts114554(None) 
telecast1048301telecast_
telecasted1343942telecasted
telecaster1244212telecaster
telecasters1343782telecasters
teleosts846422tele_osts
typecasts1642822typecasts
atelectases1352693atelectases
atelectasis1352613atelectasis
cablecasts1652283cablecasts
elects83315003_elec__ts
elegists9128113_elegists
forecasts1445803forecasts
heliasts1136103hel_iasts
hellcats1346323hellca_ts
leasts64616413__le_asts
newscasts1442523newscasts
pederasts1255203pederasts
peltasts1035703pel_tasts
polecats1248833poleca_ts
precasts1239453_precasts
recasts93413533__recasts
releases8313343rele_ases
selects91912143selec__ts
solecists1187073solecists
teacarts10116073te_acarts
telecasting1443793telecasting
telecoms1246473telec_oms
telefaxes1943813telefaxes
telegas837443telega__s
telemarks1543663telemarks
teleost7410523tele_ost_
telepath1345143telepa_th
telepaths1444413telepaths
teleports1145453teleports
telerans859473telera_ns
teleses7313123tele__ses
telesis7310793tele__sis
teletexts1642833teletexts
televises1246353televises
typecases1643853typecases
typecast1545273typecast_
webcasts1543313we_bcasts

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641437.65619415.0
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691438.10822038.9
 
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