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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 “cistern” 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.

39 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
cistern9331070(None) 
cisterna10376361cisterna
cisterns10369571cisterns
cittern9339141cittern
astern64815812_astern
bister84922762bister_
bisters93922612bisters
bittern94810682bittern
casern84713312cas_ern
caster85232572caster_
casters94729902casters
cisted95217522ciste_d
cisternae11265092cisternae
cisternal11325742cisternal
cistron9299882cistron
citer74827332ci_ter_
citers85022982ci_ters
cithern12489912cithern
citterns10318122citterns
coster84331292coster_
costers94128332costers
cystein1246052cystein
discern1038492discern
eastern74412532eastern
gittern8337502gittern
intern64016542_intern
listen64816812liste_n
lister64527252lister_
listers74026532listers
mister84728562mister_
misterm114314512misterm
misters93927512misters
pastern94415062pastern
postern93615612postern
sister64421582sister_
sisters73721592sisters
stern55319122__stern
western102911092western
yestern10338632yestern

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671393.01335735.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.38952726.8
 
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