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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 “spymasters” 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.

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
spymasters174280(None) 
spymaster1642581spymaster_
paymasters1743842paymasters
cytasters1483663_cytasters
masters94628923___masters
outmasters1245733outmasters
pasters94531733_p__asters
paymaster1643873paymaster_
piasters102912813_p_iasters
pilasters1138223_pilasters
pinasters1136823_pinasters
plasters103518133_p_lasters
remasters11310583_remasters
rhymesters1842603rhymesters
scamsters1334993scam_sters
seamsters1136333seam_sters
semesters1139123s_emesters
shipmasters1852863shipmasters
shysters14106463shy__sters
smashers13339593s__mashers
smatters104011713s__matters
spatters103914703sp__atters
speedsters1342813speedsters
spinsters1136613sp_insters
splashers1445283sp_lashers
splatters11327543sp_latters
webmasters1742913webmasters

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603276.40621948.6
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.57527177.3
 
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