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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 “blastula” 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.

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
blastula104382(None) 
blastulae1143051blastulae
blastular1143011blastular
blastulas1143591blastulas
blastema1244682blastema
blastoma1245452blastoma
bacula103112673b_a_cula
bascule1136573b_ascule
bastile9313913b_astile
beastly1277563beast_ly
blast76532573blast___
blasted104213473blast_ed
blastemal1343783blastemal
blastemas1344693blastemas
blaster94017303blast_er
blasters104116143blasters
blastie92411393blast_ie
blastier10249493blastier
blasties102113633blasties
blasting114013433blasting
blastoff1644323blastoff
blastomas1345523blastomas
blasts85116773blast__s
blasty115611053blast__y
boastful1344853boastful_
fistula1045503_fistula
gastrula953983_gastrula
lastly93310873_last_ly
planula935773pla_nula
plastral1046913plastral
spatula935893spa_tula
vascula1245853_vascula

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162326.79621507.1
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691327.21924752.9
 
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