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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 “bistred” 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.

32 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
bistred10331185(None) 
bistered112913331bistered
bistre83815021bistre_
bistres94017211bistres
basted95227232bast_ed
bested94922762best_ed
bestrew1248002bestrew
bestrid1039972bestrid
bilsted1038032bilst_ed
birred94713202bi_rred
birthed13228592birthed
bister84922762bist_er
bisters93922612bisters
bistro8339942bistr_o
bistros92810982bistros
bitted94418482bi_tted
bittered112711832bittered
blistered12167682blistered
bristled11187342bristled
busted95123152bust_ed
bustled104011522bustled
cisted95217522cist_ed
fisted104218702fist_ed
histed104420242hist_ed
listed74322832list_ed
lustred8359052lustred
misted93625822mist_ed
mitred94414342mi_tred
sistered92612802sistered
visored1138142visored
vistaed1138022vistaed
wisted104120272wist_ed

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671322.93636672.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.32553741.7
 
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