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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 “wastry” 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.

33 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
wastry1238877(None) 
pastry114913031pastry
wastery134610991wastery
astray95615542_astray
gantry103810112gantry
hasty115718762hast_y
lastly93310872lastly
mastery124214322mastery
nasty85717282nast_y
paltry114910402paltry
pantry115014102pantry
pasty105725052past_y
tasty84820312tast_y
vastly12508722vastly
vasty116215922vast_y
vestry1238622vestry
wafery15398692wafery
warty119323822wart_y
wary106740012wa__ry
washy145911842was_hy
waspy135410992was_py
wast75655852wast__
waste86125052wast_e
wasted104423022wasted
waster95228942waster
wasters104026592wasters
wastes96224882wastes
wastrel1037552wastrel
wastrie101210302wastrie
wasts87433672wast_s
watery123914492watery
wavery154610052wavery
wintry12498922wintry

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551332.45333653.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.82963164.0
 
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