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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 “banistered” 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.

36 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
banistered139462(None) 
banister10199972banister__
banisters11189472banister_s
bantered113313632ban__tered
bistered112913332b__istered
blistered12167682b_listered
ministered1344962ministered
aniseed839403_anis_e_ed
answered1235493_an_swered
banished14189063banis__hed
banisher13169183banisher__
banishers14258053banisher_s
bannered11299323ban__nered
bannister1155373bannister__
bannisters1244323bannister_s
banterer102811773ban__terer
bartered113113013ba__rtered
battered113315053ba__ttered
bistred103311853b__ist_red
bittered112711833b__ittered
blustered12157263b_lustered
bolstered1246093b_olstered
canister101710853canister__
canisters112310193canister_s
cantered113415983can__tered
cloistered1344513cloistered
ganister9178993ganister__
ganisters10248313ganister_s
glistered11176303_glistered
leistered1037043_leistered
mastered112614003ma__stered
plaistered1344133plaistered
registered1245293registered
roistered1037643_roistered
sistered92612803__sistered
waitered1238753wa_i_tered

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603366.69021016.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.12325086.5
 
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