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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 “webster” 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.

41 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
webster123609(None) 
websters1335801websters
wester94222891we_ster
dabster1036702dabster
debater104114692debater
easter65027982_easter
ester54727712_e_ster
feaster10812982feaster
fester94723512fe_ster
fibster12146532fibster
heister103613622heister
jester134319152je_ster
keester11319912keester
keister113011572keister
keyster14256152keyster
leister73212752leister
lobster9288852lobster
meister93114162meister
mobster11299212mobster
nester64124182ne_ster
penster92811952penster
pester84827592pe_ster
rebater93517912rebater
rester63832432re_ster
tester64227152te_ster
waister103812382waister
waster95228942w_aster
webbier1445422webbier
webcaster1642382webcaster
weber10313522web__er
webmaster1643002webmaster
website1235322website_
websites1335182websites
welsher13377442welsher
welter93417382we_lter
western102911092we_stern
westers105221962we_sters
wetter93919442we_tter
wrester102812412wrester
yester93417982ye_ster
zester153617792ze_ster

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671413.22033438.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.60949512.6
 
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