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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 “rostra” 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.

21 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
rostra631093(None) 
ristra6310711ristra
rostral7311331rostral
contra83314702contra
costa75523732cost_a
costar85518612costar
drosera836202drosera
hosta85917832host_a
lustra6358892lustra
osetra667422_osetra
ostia52315582_ostia
ristras7311562ristras
rosaria749252rosaria
rosary92810352rosary
rosery93813282rosery
roster64329082roster
rosters73727542rosters
rostrate8313842rostrate
rostrum947212rostrum
rota45834342ro_t_a
sistra639332sistra

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 Limit82551212.29635954.3
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691212.63967711.6
 
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