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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 “costmary” 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.

52 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
costmary154505(None) 
contrary1347492contrary
costar85518612cost_ar_
costard104113352cost_ard
costars94218012cost_ars
costumery1663112costumery
customary1643512customary
ostiary1036462_ostiary
ostmark1344872_ostmark
postmark1645432postmark
rosemary1344432rosemary
bestiary1344813bestiary
calamary1545463calamary
coastward1543553coastward
columbary1842963columbary
cometary1547693cometary
contumacy1852873contumacy
coronary1347693coronary
costa75523733cost_a__
costae85319683cost_a_e
costal85419513cost_a_l
costally1339723costally
costards113510793cost_ards
costate94019273cost_ate
coster84331293cost_er_
costers94128333cost_ers
costly114012333cost__ly
costmaries1446913costmaries
costumer1275103costumer_
costumers1374853costumers
costumey1563523costumey
cottar84613813co_ttar_
cottars94412243co_ttars
covary1438743co__vary
custard10389973cust_ard
custardy14314903cust_ardy
estuary1034683_estuary
footmark1743833footmark
hostelry1443913hostelry
mortary12369043mort_ary
mortuary1373923mortuary
notary92310713no_t_ary
ossuary1043943_ossuary
ostmarks1443893_ostmarks
postcard1346523postcard
postman112410043postma_n
postmarks1744753postmarks
postwar1236903postwar_
rosary92810353ros__ary
rotary92411303ro_t_ary
vestiary1444313vestiary
votary12248333vo_t_ary

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162527.58019282.6
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691527.76623009.4
 
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