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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 “oysters” 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.

76 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
oysters10341169(None) 
ousters74122791ousters
oyster94111701oyster_
roysters113610531roysters
xysters17307161xysters
asters65631602_asters
basters94930302basters
bisters93922612bisters
boasters103915662boasters
bolsters103712452bolsters
boosters104013452boosters
busters94724132busters
casters94729902casters
clysters13227842clysters
coasters104317342coasters
costers94128342costers
dusters84918362dusters
easters75125682easters
esters64627732_esters
festers104121392festers
fosters104220102fosters
gasters85624292gasters
gypsters1434022gypsters
hoisters113513492hoisters
holsters113211942holsters
jesters144118192jesters
jousters153210422jousters
justers143815732justers
keysters15326332keysters
lasters75627692lasters
listers74026532listers
lobsters10268742lobsters
lusters73921442lusters
masters94628922masters
misters93927512misters
mobsters12359062mobsters
monsters103314552monsters
musters94522512musters
mystery15436522mystery
nesters74422792nesters
oaters65029792o_aters
oldsters996732oldsters
osiers63412792o_siers
ostlers72911202o_stlers
otters64021512o_tters
ouster64223732ouster_
outers64230172o_uters
oxters134813272o_xters
oyers87620882oy__ers
oystered1236922oystered
oysterer1136102oysterer
oysterers1245572oysterers
pasters94531732pasters
pesters93827092pesters
posters93928012posters
rasters74629022rasters
resters74130402resters
roasters83615932roasters
roisters83615562roisters
roosters83514672roosters
rosters73727552rosters
rousters84315682rousters
royster103110532royster_
shysters14106462shysters
sisters73721592sisters
systems1234682systems
tasters74225642tasters
testers74124542testers
toasters83912722toasters
trysters11298372trysters
ulsters72711982ulsters
wasters104026592wasters
westers105221962westers
xyster16366802xyster_
zesters163517292zesters
zosters163015412zosters

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671763.23333303.7
3Display Results76760.0332303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691763.62649280.5
 
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