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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 “webcaster” 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.

31 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
webcaster164238(None) 
webcasted1741971webcasted
webcasters1742141webcasters
webmaster1643001webmaster
webcast1445552webcast__
webcasts1543312webcast_s
webmasters1742912webmasters
webster1236092web__ster
baster85333593__b_aster
blaster94017303__blaster
boaster94616433__boaster
caster85232573___caster
debaser103510413deb_as_er
debater104114693deb_a_ter
decanter112510793de_canter
descanter1246443descanter
easter65027983_e__aster
feaster10812983fe__aster
newscaster1551833newscaster
rebater93517913reb_a_ter
recanter101913153re_canter
remaster10311473re_master
replaster1136583replaster
subcaste1287853subcaste_
subcastes1387493subcastes
teataster944563teataster
telecaster1244213telecaster
waster95228943w___aster
webcasting1842483webcasting
websters1335803web__sters
wester94222893we___ster

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641317.75019179.5
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691318.16921874.3
 
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