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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 “yestern” 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.

31 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
yestern1033864(None) 
western102911101western
yester93417981yester_
astern64815812_astern
cistern93310702cistern
eastern74412532eastern
ester54727712_ester_
esters64627732_esters
extern1348472_extern
fester94723512fester_
festers104121392festers
jester134319152jester_
jesters144118192jesters
lectern937032lectern
nester64124182nester_
nesters74422792nesters
pastern94415062pastern
pester84827592pester_
pesters93827092pesters
postern93615612postern
rester63832432rester_
resters74130402resters
stern55319122__stern
tester64227152tester_
testers74124542testers
wester94222892wester_
westerns11328962westerns
westers105221962westers
yestreen1144602yestreen
zester153617792zester_
zesters163517292zesters

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 Limit107671313.25033129.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.64249064.0
 
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