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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 “presterna” 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.

38 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
presterna114526(None) 
prester93519622prester__
presternum1452962presternum
presters103419002prester_s
cisterna10376373_cisterna
episterna1143373episterna
pastern94415063p_astern_
pasterns104112623p_asterns
pester84827593p_ester__
pestered112814973p_estered
pesterer102412713p_esterer
pestering122315663p_estering
pesters93827093p_ester_s
postern93615613p_ostern_
posterns102713723p_osterns
present94022733pres_e_nt
preserve13108803pres_erve
presser93717623presser__
pressers103215023presser_s
prestore104217353prestor_e
prestored125111673prestored
prestores114716083prestores
prestoring13310303prestoring
prestress1138133prestress
preteen939873pre_teen_
preteens1038123pre_teens
pretend104011013pre_te_nd
preterit10315853pre_terit
preterm11310163pre_ter_m
preterms1237223pre_terms
rester63832433_rester__
resters74130403_rester_s
sterna63712763___sterna
western102911103_western_
westerns11328963_westerns
wrester102812413wrester__
wresters112711733wrester_s
yestern10338643_yestern_

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641386.95321378.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.38924183.4
 
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