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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 “webcasters” 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.

30 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
webcasters174214(None) 
webcaster1642381webcaster_
webmasters1742911webmasters
webcasted1741972webcaste_d
webcasts1543312webcast__s
webmaster1643002webmaster_
websters1335802web__sters
basters94930303__b_asters
blasters104116143__blasters
boasters103915663__boasters
casters94729903___casters
debasers11377903deb_as_ers
debaters113511923deb_a_ters
decanters12229223de_canters
descanters1345013descanters
easters75125683_e__asters
feasters11511563fe__asters
newscasters1651603newscasters
rebaters103413943reb_a_ters
recanters112310483re_canters
remasters11310583re_masters
replasters1245523replasters
subcastes1387493subcaste_s
teatasters1043883teatasters
telecasters1343783telecasters
wasters104026593w___asters
webcast1445553webcast___
webcasting1842483webcasting
webster1236093web__ster_
westers105221963we___sters

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603306.51621578.1
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691306.66926794.3
 
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