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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 “forecaster” 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.

35 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
forecaster158601(None) 
forecasted1685111forecasted
forecasters1675011forecasters
forecast1349762forecast__
forecastle1552612forecastle
forecastles1652182forecastles
forecasts1445802forecast_s
forester11313672fore__ster
foretaste1295862foretaste_
foretasted1484752foretasted
foretastes1375592foretastes
feaster10812983f__e_aster
firewater1545213firewa_ter
forecasting1744473forecasting
foredate12310913foreda_te_
foredated1447683foreda_ted
foredates13310053foreda_tes
forefather1943573forefather
foregather1743663foregather
foremast1348613foremast__
foremasts1445793foremast_s
forepassed1643063forepassed
forepast1348043forepast__
forequarter2362093forequarter
foreseer1139013fore__seer
forested12312463fore__sted
foresters12312543fore__sters
formatter1445463for_matter
linecaster1282913linecaster
oleaster837263_ole_aster
poetaster1145673po_etaster
recanter101913153__recanter
remaster10311473__remaster
telecaster1244213telecaster
whoremaster1952773whoremaster

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603357.51618707.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.97222414.8
 
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