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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 “extern” 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.

34 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
extern134847(None) 
externe1438571externe
externs1438231externs
astern64815812astern
dexter143810892dexter_
eastern74412532eastern
eaten55323052eate_n
eater54639842eater_
eaters65535952eaters
eatery95316352eatery
enter54726382enter_
entera64216832entera
enteron7313332enteron
enters64425642enters
ester54727712ester_
esters64627732esters
eterne6311722e_terne
exert124624142ex_ert
expert15515352expert
exsert13414362exsert
extend14267522extend
extent132714912extent
external1577222external
externes1539832externes
extort13513972extort
extra1239002ext_ra
intern64016542intern
lectern937032lectern
oxter123414092oxter_
oxters134813272oxters
stern55319122_stern
tern46134802__tern
western102911092western
yestern10338632yestern

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.40634310.5
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.76564626.0
 
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