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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 “blister” 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.

88 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
blister9441531(None) 
bister84922761b_ister
blaster94017301blaster
blisters104015081blisters
blistery13418711blistery
bluster94215311bluster
glister84013341glister
klister113410641klister
lister64527251_lister
baiter84422552bai_ter
baluster1037052baluster
banister10199972banister
baster85333592b_aster
bilsted1038032bilsted
bisters93922612b_isters
bistre83815022b_istre
biter75030032b_i_ter
bitter84622672b_itter
blasted104213472blasted
blasters104116142blasters
blastier10249492blastier
blatter94415652blatter
bleater94515302bleater
blesser9329292blesser
blighter1466852blighter
blinder103912982blinder
blinker134110212blinker
blissed10388372blissed
blisses94911512blisses
blistered12167682blistered
blite76225352bli_te_
blites84721212bli_tes
blither124812172blither
blitzer18447662blitzer
bloater94013422bloater
blotter94612852blotter
blunter94512032blunter
blurter9419832blurter
blusher124113112blusher
blusters104413892blusters
blustery13368002blustery
boaster94616432boaster
bolster93713422bolster
booster94314552booster
brisker134210292brisker
burster9310292burster
buster84726492b_uster
cloister1037092cloister
cluster94013332cluster
clyster12317452clyster
enlister847802enlister
filister1137402filister
flirter10318672flirter
flitter103413902flitter
fluster103913062fluster
glisten8418082glisten
glisters93912602glisters
glitter84211802glitter
grister83915412grister
heister103613622heister
hoister103714202hoister
keister113011572keister
klisters123910482klisters
laster64830632_laster
leister73212752leister
lifter93814812_lifter
linter64625342_linter
lisper84114432_lisper
listed74322832_listed
listee64223062_listee
listel64214742_listel
listen64816812_listen
listers74026532_listers
liter54736342_li_ter
litter64324852_litter
luster64023672_luster
meister93114162meister
mister84728562_mister
moister94015372moister
oldster896572oldster
plaister1068012plaister
plaster93318692plaster
roister73516202roister
sister64421582_sister
slitter73615872slitter
twister10308952twister
ulster63712102ul_ster
waister103812382waister

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671883.11034620.9
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691883.28054479.0
 
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