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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 “bannisters” 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.

48 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
bannisters124432(None) 
banisters11189471ba_nisters
bannister1155371bannister_
cannisters1245011cannisters
gannisters1153841gannisters
banishers14258052ba_nishers
banister10199972ba_nister_
barristers1244722barristers
canisters112310192ca_nisters
cannister1155722cannister_
ganisters10248312ga_nisters
gannister1054172gannister_
anointers937003_anointers
assisters936353_assisters
baiters94619303ba__i_ters
ballasters1245093ballasters
balusters1136643ba_lusters
bandmasters1684183bandmasters
banisher13169183ba_nisher_
banishes131812463ba_nishe_s
banistered1394623ba_nistered
banners94018713bann___ers
banqueters2143143banqueters
banters94623113ba_n__ters
baptistery1742173baptistery
barrister1145733barrister_
basters94930303ba___sters
batistes1039713ba_tiste_s
bisters93922613b___isters
blandishers1743003blandishers
blisters104015083b__listers
burnishers1543703burnishers
canistels11205393ca_nistels
canister101710853ca_nister_
enlisters937113_enlisters
gangsters11205733ga_ngsters
ganister9178993ga_nister_
garnishers14174863garnishers
insisters997653_insisters
lamisters1157123la_misters
magisters1235803ma_gisters
mannites10312613manni_te_s
ministers1139623_ministers
palmisters1444673palmisters
panniers10488853panni__ers
vanishers15186613va_nishers
varnishers16174343varnishers
waisters113811523wa__isters

Search took 7 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 Limit140603485.90623806.8
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691486.34228175.8
 
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