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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 “quester” 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.

51 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
quester16141002(None) 
quested17168391quested
questers17168771questers
questor16146631questor
burster9310292burster
buster84726492bu_ster
diester83013682diester
duster74919722du_ster
ester54727712__ester
fester94723512_fester
guesser8166542guesser
guested9157712guested
jester134319152_jester
juster134617012ju_ster
keester11319912keester
kiester11329972kiester
luster64023672lu_ster
muenster1043312muenster
munster93710522munster
muster84724522mu_ster
nester64124182_nester
ouster64223732ou_ster
pester84827592_pester
prester93519622prester
punster92911102punster
quaestor1743312quaestor
quarter163211862quarter
quasher19198622quasher
queasier1734472queasier
queer143712812que__er
queerer16106502queerer
queller16289292queller
querier16310012querier
quest144121322quest__
questors17147012questors
quests153310352quest_s
queuer15357252que_uer
quieter162810332quieter
quilter16279802quilter
quipster1933932quipster
quitter162910752quitter
quoter153510092qu_oter
requester1855512requester
rester63832432_rester
sequester1844442sequester
tester64227152_tester
ulster63712102_ulster
wester94222892_wester
wrester102812412wrester
yester93417982_yester
zester153617792_zester

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.593301333.9
2DLD Change Limit107671516.89015627.1
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691517.49923828.6
 
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