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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forstars” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
stars5583657(None) 
scars75433531scars
sears54744911sears
sitars65417591sitars
soars54732511soars
spars75431541spars
stabs76221381stabs
stags66226741stags
stairs65416331stairs
star48037761star_
stare54440261stare
stares66038751stares
stark95425621stark
start55642311start
starts65423121starts
stats55933361stats
stays86022021stays
stirs55921621stirs
tars46763951_tars
tsars56717111tsars

Search took 2 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 Filter178691287560.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit28756201.54618600.3
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691201.689105796.9