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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 “castle” 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.

60 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
castle8491896(None) 
cantle84522151cantle
caste75932361cast_e
castled104311511castled
castles94917731castles
cattle85118901cattle
baste74829982bast_e
bastile9313912bastile
battle85217862battle
bustle84015482bustle
cable95329912ca_ble
cackle143416922cackle
cajole154011182cajole
candle94321482candle
cantles94721412cantles
capsule1137352capsule
carle74535702ca_rle
carte75940422cart_e
cartel85022532cartel
case65848082cas__e
casette9310392casette
casque17299272casque
cast67159902cast__
castable121613972castable
caster85232572caster
castes85631862castes
castor84418532castor
casts77237792cast_s
cate66254602ca_t_e
cattie85221022cattie
caudle93912912caudle
chaste114617392chast_e
costae85319682costae
costly114012332costly
cuttle84113892cuttle
dartle73714832dartle
hantle94318202hantle
hassle93711592hassle
haste85927862hast_e
hustle93113992hustle
istle52214712_istle
jostle13319862jostle
justle133211582justle
lastly93310872lastly
mantle84420922mantle
nestle63013952nestle
paste74932952past_e
pastel85918712pastel
pastie85525522pastie
pestle83215842pestle
rassle63813202rassle
rattle64717612rattle
rustle63615412rustle
taste55127232tast_e
tattle64115652tattle
vastly12508722vastly
warstle10328012warstle
waste86125052wast_e
wattle94314212wattle
wrastle10368992wrastle

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551602.95327955.0
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.32653725.5
 
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