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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 “gangsterish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
gangsterish165202(None) 
gangsterism1552041gangsterism
gangsterisms1651522gangsterisms
gangsters11205732gangster_s_
gagsters10317083ga_gster_s_
gangster10215773gangster___
gangsterdom166913gangsterdom
ganisters10248313ganister_s_
anglerfish1751634_ang_lerfish
asterisk1248674_a__sterisk
asterism10413254_a__sterism
banisters11189474banister_s_
canisters112310204canister_s_
gagster9317634ga_gster___
gamesters1236734gamester_s_
gangbusters1561784gangbuster_s_
gangers94418604gang__er_s_
gangstas1044404gangst__as_
gangsterdoms176944gangsterdoms
ganister9178994ganister___
gannisters1153844gannister_s_
gasters85624294ga__ster_s_
grangerism1443134grang__erism
songsters1046114songster_s_
spinsterish1652164spinsterish
waterish14310534wa___terish
winterish1546644win__terish

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819278.65617192.6
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691279.07919681.8
 
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