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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 “eastern” 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.

53 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
eastern7441253(None) 
astern64815811_astern
easter65027981easter_
easters75125681easters
pastern94415061pastern
aster55434892_aster_
asters65631602_asters
baster85333602baster_
basters94930312basters
casern84713312cas_ern
caster85232572caster_
casters94729902casters
cistern93310702cistern
easier64218462easier_
easterly11246642easterly
easterner945062easterner
eaten55323052ea_te_n
eater54639842ea_ter_
eaters65535952ea_ters
eatery95316352ea_tery
ester54727712e_ster_
esters64627732e_sters
extern1348472e_xtern
fasten95114892faste_n
faster94625772faster_
feaster10812982feaster_
feasters11511562feasters
gaster75027352gaster_
gasters85624302gasters
hasten95718562haste_n
lantern7310012lantern
laster64830632laster_
lasters75627692lasters
master84831342master_
masters94628922masters
mastery124214322mastery
paster85734372paster_
pasterns104112622pasterns
pasters94531732pasters
pattern93712052pattern
postern93615612postern
raster64731442raster_
rasters74629022rasters
saltern74010652saltern
stern55319122__stern
taster64930572taster_
tasters74225642tasters
vaster94521022vaster_
waster95228942waster_
wasters104026592wasters
wastery134610992wastery
western102911102western
yestern10338642yestern

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 Limit107671533.42331455.2
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691533.81246875.9
 
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