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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 “pastors” 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.

66 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
pastors9411900(None) 
castors94919441castors
pasters94531731pasters
pastor84817481pastor_
actors81016772_actors
alastors8311222alastors
asters65631602_asters
basters94930312basters
cantors94620752cantors
captors113914982captors
casters94729902casters
castor84418532castor_
copastors1346992copastors
easters75125682easters
factors12912132factors
gasters85624302gasters
gators74115842ga_tors
lasters75627692lasters
masters94628922masters
nestors73614972nestors
pallors9314372pallors
palters94021682palters
pantos85222742panto_s
parlors9312922parlors
partons94620512partons
paseos88015812paseo_s
passers94717752passers
pastas85422872past_as
pastels95215182pastels
paster85734372paster_
pastern94415062pastern
pasterns104112622pasterns
pastes85233912past_es
pasties94529812pasties
pastils94416172pastils
pastis84924322past_is
pastoral10310482pastoral
pastorals1147952pastorals
pastored1139972pastored
pastorly1345782pastorly
pastry114913032past_ry
pasts75936502past__s
pasture9311462pasture
pastures10311962pastures
paters84935842pa_ters
patois84319362pa_tois
patters94825192patters
paviors1237612paviors
pawnors12297202pawnors
payors114312642pa_yors
pesters93827092pesters
pestos84719082pesto_s
piasters102912812piasters
pistols93213982pistols
pistons93016372pistons
pistous92714382pistous
plasters103518132plasters
posters93928012posters
postops11311712postops
praetors1039832praetors
pretors9316812pretors
raptors94213352raptors
rasters74629022rasters
sartors7314972sartors
tasters74225642tasters
wasters104026592wasters

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671662.96636301.8
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.37552945.5
 
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