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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 “costar” 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.

54 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
costar8551861(None) 
costa75523731costa_
costae85319681costae
costal85419511costal
costard104113351costard
costars94218011costars
coster84331291coster
cottar84613811cottar
caster85232572caster
castor84418532castor
cesta75419482cesta_
cestas85018542cestas
coastal9411042coastal
coaster94219042coaster
coater84329572coater
coital84117052coital
collar83816172collar
colter84625092colter
contra83314702contra
cooter85128612cooter
copter109822012copter
cosher114819902cosher
cosier84423752cosier
cost68057942cost__
costards113510792costards
costate94019272costate
costed95623112costed
costers94128332costers
costly114012332costly
costmary1545052costmary
costs77231142cost_s
cotan71521782co_tan
cotta75818572cotta_
cottae84615702cottae
cottars94412242cottars
cottas84615572cottas
cotter84926672cotter
cougar958782cougar
couter84930222couter
custard10389972custard
foster94322222foster
hosta85917832hosta_
hostas94515822hostas
instar6310012instar
mortar83812042mortar
osar46820952_os_ar
ottar54313992_ottar
postal84317532postal
poster84129172poster
postwar1236902postwar
roster64329082roster
rostra6310932rostra
star48037762__star
zoster153715852zoster

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551542.37634743.7
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691542.73265406.7
 
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