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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 “westerns” 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.

30 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
westerns1132896(None) 
western102911101western_
westers105221961wester_s
cisterns10369572cisterns
esters64627732_ester_s
externs1438232_externs
festers104121392fester_s
jesters144118192jester_s
lecterns1035942lecterns
nesters74422792nester_s
pasterns104112622pasterns
pesters93827092pester_s
posterns102713722posterns
resters74130402rester_s
sterns64616762__sterns
testers74124542tester_s
wasters104026592waster_s
websters1335802webster_s
welters103516062welter_s
wester94222892wester__
westered122511872westered
westering132112642westering
westerly1445552westerly
westerner1244962westerner
westerners1344472westerners
westernise1344272westernise
wetters103817752wetter_s
wresters112711732wrester_s
yestern10338642yestern_
zesters163517292zester_s

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059304.11029454.7
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691304.50039709.1
 
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