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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 “stargazer” 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.

25 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
stargazer194259(None) 
stargaze1844551stargaze_
stargazed2043071stargazed
stargazers2041801stargazers
stargazes1944081stargazes
sparger103613083sparg__er
stager74821343sta_g__er
stagger94212393sta_g_ger
staggerer1143923staggerer
staggier10167513sta_ggier
stagier83513443sta_g_ier
starchier1436643starchier
starer64027363star___er
stargazing2193323stargazing
starker114114693star__ker
starrier8279463star_rier
starter73817883star__ter
startler8248793star_tler
starver104611993star__ver
strafer103912463st_r_afer
straggler11377293straggler
strayer104312503st_r_ayer
streaker12229483st_reaker
streamer10239513st_reamer
tarpaper1244603_tarpaper

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 Filter1786911486410.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit148641257.64019455.6
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691258.06322161.9
 
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