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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 “postern” 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.

48 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
postern9361561(None) 
pastern94415061pastern
posteen93512621posteen
poster84129171poster_
posterns102713721posterns
posters93928011posters
astern64815812_astern
cistern93310702cistern
coster84331292coster_
costers94128332costers
eastern74412532eastern
foster94322222foster_
fosters104220102fosters
paster85734372paster_
pasterns104112622pasterns
pasters94531732pasters
pattern93712052pattern
pester84827592pester_
pesters93827092pesters
porter84224412porter_
porters93722702porters
poser75128772pos_er_
posers84223972pos_ers
posher115018162posher_
postburn1243922postburn
posted93722492poste_d
posteens10309732posteens
postin83521032post_in
postman112410042postman
postmen113110422postmen
postteen1055692postteen
posture9313252posture
poteen83514262po_teen
potteen9319672potteen
potter83926982potter_
potters94024342potters
pottery123011072pottery
pouter83923982pouter_
pouters94221872pouters
powter114116032powter_
powters124015662powters
roster64329082roster_
rosters73727542rosters
stern55319122__stern
western102911102western
yestern10338642yestern
zoster153715852zoster_
zosters163015412zosters

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671483.25033129.5
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.64249064.0
 
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