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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 “yesteryears” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

30 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
yesteryears175101(None) 
yesteryear1651061yesteryear_
pesterers112510463pester_e_rs
westerners1344473westerne_rs
yesterdays1751213yester_days
yestereves1642473yester_eves
deserters10129984des_erte_rs
deservers13107294des_erve_rs
destriers1038144dest_rie_rs
destroyers1443644destroye_rs
detergers11147184de_terge_rs
deterrers10116594de_terre_rs
easterners1044824easterne_rs
enterers82214154_enter_e_rs
estreats839424_est_r_eats
fetterers12267044fetter_e_rs
fosterers12238024foster_e_rs
gesturers1044284gestur_e_rs
letterers9228114letter_e_rs
letterheads1552154letterheads
oysterers1245574oyster_e_rs
pesterer102412714pester_e_r_
pewterers14216044pewter_e_rs
reservers12138104res_erve_rs
restorers95110114restor_e_rs
sesterces1147874sesterce__s
westerner1244964westerne_r_
yesterday1642114yester_da_y
yestereve1543134yester_e_ve
yestreens1243534yest_r_eens

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819308.17318208.6
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.60920756.3
 
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