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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 “bistered” 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.

39 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
bistered11291333(None) 
bistred103311851bist_red
bittered112711831bittered
blistered12167681blistered
sistered92612801sistered
banistered1394622banistered
bantered113313652bantered
bartered113113032bartered
battered113315072battered
bettered113011842bettered
bickered17108002bickered
bister84922762bister__
bisters93922612bister_s
bistre83815022bist_re_
bistres94017212bist_res
bitterer10309782bitterer
blustered12157262blustered
bolstered1246092bolstered
buttered112712632buttered
festered122512112festered
filtered12259042filtered
fostered122210452fostered
glistered11176302glistered
jittered16267222jittered
leistered1037042leistered
listened9168812listened
littered92511382littered
lustered92510612lustered
mastered112614012mastered
mistermed1438362mistermed
mitered103213232mi_tered
mustered112511512mustered
oystered1236922oystered
pestered112814972pestered
roistered1037652roistered
sintered92213902sintered
tittered9239492tittered
westered122511872westered
wintered122111572wintered

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059393.47034887.3
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.87346137.6
 
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