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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 “washaterias” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
washaterias178224(None) 
washateria1662481washateria_
washeterias1761881washeterias
washeteria1671892washeteria_
asterias8317013_as__terias
wasteries121115343was__teries
wisterias1248103wis__terias
asteria7316184_as__teria_
bacterias1349284ba__cterias
cafeterias1553774ca_feterias
hatterias1258744ha__tterias
hysterias1547154hys__terias
listerias959234lis__terias
masteries111018494mas__teries
santerias9311844__santerias
sharias102516004__sha__rias
washerman1743004wash__erman
washers134517524wash__er__s
wasterie111211584was__teri_e
wasters104026594was__ter__s
wastries111212884was__t_ries
wistarias1246794wis__tarias
wisteria1147754wis__teria_

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819239.44015764.7
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691239.88918069.7
 
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