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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 “lastborn” 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.

33 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
lastborn104413(None) 
lastborns1143381lastborns
baseborn1244452baseborn
lanthorn1147192lanthorn
alastor739673alast_or_
alastors8311223alast_ors
althorn1047763_althorn
astern64815813_ast_ern
attorn6310793_a_ttorn
bastion9312473bastio_n
castor84418533cast_or_
castors94919443cast_ors
earthborn1443133earthborn
eastbound1252333eastbound
eastern74412533east_ern
firstborn1451373firstborn
hagborn1344953ha_gborn
hawthorn1743553hawthorn
labor75117313la__bor_
labors84016413la__bors
lantern7310013lant_ern
lanthorns1246013lanthorns
laster64830633last_er_
lasters75627693last_ers
laterborn1145023laterborn
lowborn1245143l_owborn
pastern94415063past_ern
pastor84817483past_or_
pastors94119003past_ors
plastron1046913plastro_n
postburn1243923postburn
rasbora945943ras_bora
suborn8310013__suborn

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162338.01618233.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.46821101.9
 
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