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

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

28 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
spymaster164258(None) 
spymasters1742801spymasters
paymaster1643872paymaster
cytaster1383863_cytaster
master84831343___master
outmaster1147303outmaster
paster85734373_p__aster
paymasters1743843paymasters
piaster93012883_p_iaster
pilaster1038163_pilaster
pinaster1037113_pinaster
plaster93318693_p_laster
remaster10311473_remaster
rhymester1742393rhymester
scamster1235303scam_ster
seamster1037143seam_ster
semester1038903s_emester
shipmaster1742963shipmaster
shyster13116563shy__ster
smarter94113133s__marter
smasher123911023s__masher
smatter93613333s__matter
spatter94016523sp__atter
speedster1252733speedster
spinster1036683sp_inster
splasher1335663sp_lasher
splatter10348883sp_latter
webmaster1643003webmaster

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641286.98621277.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.42224075.9
 
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