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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 “fostering” 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
fostering13241126(None) 
festering132413171festering
fosterling1445171fosterling
bolstering1346882bolstering
coshering15510022coshering
faltering132211122faltering
fastening13268602fastening
fettering132310512fettering
filtering13199722filtering
flustering14105932flustering
foddering1535162foddering
fosterlings1542852fosterlings
holstering1447082holstering
hosteling1337892hosteling
koshering1735362koshering
lobstering1345122lobstering
loitering1039682loitering
lustering102711202lustering
mastering122315312mastering
mustering122212332mustering
oystering1337562oystering
pestering122315662pestering
portering122012302portering
posturing1238992posturing
pottering122612002pottering
roistering1148592roistering
roystering1445412roystering
sistering101213752sistering
tottering10229612tottering
westering132112642westering

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436303.62333518.1
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691304.02944351.2
 
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