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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 “pipestem” 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.

44 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
pipestem144374(None) 
pipestems1542831pipestems
pipette1137942pipette_
pipetted1335262pipetted
pipettes1237562pipettes
bimester1236163bimester
bluestem1243223bluestem
diastem10318043di_astem
diester83013683di_ester
digested11208163digested
digester10258433digester
disesteem1244623disesteem
divested13268213divested
dopester1137253dopester
hipster12288783hip_ster
kiester11329973ki_ester
misesteem1344133misesteem
pester84827593__pester
piaster93012883pi_aster
pilaster1038163pilaster
pileate93815923pileate_
pileated112711133pileated
pinaster1037113pinaster
pinetum1145553pine_tum
pipeage1236203pipeage_
pipeages1336423pipeages
pipes96030143pipes___
pipestone1345503pipestone
pipestones1445423pipestones
pipet95533323pipe_t__
pipets105714773pipe_t_s
pipiest113114493pipiest__
pipistrel1351843pipistrel
piste75824603pi__ste_
pistes85325633pi__stes
prester93519623p_rester
priested1138393priested
rimester1037813rimester
ripest84317943ripest__
riposte9269623riposte_
riposted11216933riposted
ripostes10239083ripostes
sidestep1144243sidestep
tipster9299053tip_ster

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 Filter1786911461620.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit146162447.23620199.3
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691447.73223110.6
 
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