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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 “fastnesses” 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.

32 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
fastnesses138908(None) 
fatnesses121710461fa_tnesses
gastnesses11129141gastnesses
pastnesses12910511pastnesses
vastnesses13128201vastnesses
aptnesses11168992_aptnesses
basenesses12310562basenesses
bassnesses1136842bassnesses
daftnesses1436382daftnesses
easinesses10314442easinesses
faintnesses1447142faintnesses
fairnesses1357382fairnesses
falsenesses1446742falsenesses
farnesses122310812fa_rnesses
fastness11238762fastne_s_s
fattinesses14118972fattinesses
firstnesses1445732firstnesses
fitnesses12219372f_itnesses
flatnesses1337762flatnesses
fustinesses14129782fustinesses
hastinesses141210692hastinesses
justnesses1736492justnesses
lostnesses1049302lostnesses
nastinesses111110742nastinesses
pastinesses13911712pastinesses
patnesses111611792pa_tnesses
raptnesses1248522raptnesses
rashnesses1338722rashnesses
saltnesses10310162saltnesses
tartnesses101110712tartnesses
tastinesses111110782tastinesses
tautnesses10118282tautnesses

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 Filter1786911088240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit108824322.81338686.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.21955511.3
 
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