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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 “abstainers” 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.

29 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
abstainers124345(None) 
abstainer1144401abstainer_
abstained1245052abstaine_d
abstains1047322abstain__s
attainers9115592a_ttainers
obtainers1144852ob_tainers
stainers83212172__stainers
sustainers1044132sustainers
abstain947253abstain___
abstaining1344573abstaining
abstinent1145923abst_inent
abstracters1544103abstracters
assailers943983a_ssailers
astatines9310343a_statine_s
attainders11112773a_ttainders
attainer8116913a_ttainer_
bargainers1343873bargainers
baseliners1243863baseliners
betaines10313293_betaine_s
containers1249903containers
detainers10269103_detainers
distrainers1255053distrainers
maintainers1352833maintainers
obtainer1045793ob_tainer_
restrainers1145123restrainers
retainers92510763_retainers
stainer73614923__stainer_
strainers9510383__strainers
sustainer944783sustainer_

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603295.48325643.4
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691295.92230174.1
 
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