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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 “boaster” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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92 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
boaster9461643(None) 
baster85333591b_aster
blaster94017301blaster
boasted104113741boasted
boasters103915661boasters
boater84622091boa_ter
bolster93713421bolster
booster94314551booster
coaster94219041coaster
roaster74116661roaster
toaster74414461toaster
aster55434892__aster
baiter84422552b_aiter
banter84825332b_anter
barter85525372b_arter
baser74828922b_as_er
basher115123812b_asher
baste74829982b_aste_
basted95227232b_asted
basters94930302b_asters
bastes85330382b_astes
batter84928872b_atter
beater84729392bea_ter
bister84922762b_ister
blasted104213472blasted
blasters104116142blasters
blastier10249492blastier
blatter94415652blatter
blister94415312blister
bloater94013422bloa_ter
bluster94215312bluster
boarder103910322boarder
boast75935702boast__
boasts85017922boast_s
boated94221972boa_ted
boatel84314092boa_tel
boaters93419242boa_ters
bolsters103712452bolsters
bolter83920752bo_lter
bombaster1543802bombaster
boosted104111982boosted
boosters104013442boosters
bosker123813652bo_sker
bossier93712422bossier
brasher124515242brasher
brasier94516752brasier
burster9310292burster
buster84726492b_uster
caster85232572_caster
chaster124718502chaster
coasted104015952coasted
coasters104317332coasters
coater84329572coa_ter
coster84331292co_ster
diaster82813312diaster
easter65027982_easter
faster94625772_faster
feaster10812982feaster
foster94322222fo_ster
gaster75027352_gaster
hoister103714202hoister
holster103512212holster
jouster143311042jouster
laster64830632_laster
lobster9288852lobster
master84831342_master
mobster11299212mobster
moister94015372moister
monster93214602monster
oater55433732_oa_ter
ouster64223732_ouster
oyster94111702_oyster
paster85734372_paster
piaster93012882piaster
plaster93318692plaster
poster84129172po_ster
raster64731442_raster
roadster935462roadster
roasted83912662roasted
roasters83615932roasters
roister73516202roister
rooster74415172rooster
roster64329082ro_ster
rouster73517082rouster
royster103110532royster
taster64930572_taster
toasted84011922toasted
toasters83912722toasters
toastier846892toastier
vaster94521022_vaster
waster95228942_waster
zoster153715852zo_ster

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 Limit107671923.18633795.0
3Display Results92920.0332787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691923.59249746.9
 
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