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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 “gentles” 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.

49 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
gentles8371434(None) 
gentes75324161gent_es
gentiles93713521gentiles
gentle74014511gentle_
gentled9389091gentled
gentler8378951gentler
gentlest93410571gentlest
beetles9312082beetles
cantles94721412cantles
centiles103615812centiles
centres93817122centres
fettles103912732fettles
gantlet83616242gantlet
gantlets9308902gantlets
genes65133092gen__es
geneses82613522geneses
genettes938302genettes
genies75324942gen_ies
genomes103611702genomes
genres75515622gen_res
genteel836752genteel
gentile83515292gentile_
gently103710912gentl_y
gentoos838632gentoos
gentries91315262gentries
gents65729612gent__s
genuses83510882genuses
gestes75721392gest_es
gruntles9287232gruntles
guttles83011932guttles
hantles104117512hantles
kentes105118652kent_es
kettles113411612kettles
mantles94820702mantles
mentees93214502mentees
mettles94115022mettles
nestles73015462nestles
nettles73214082nettles
pestles93217692pestles
pettles93916482pettles
pintles94118722pintles
rentes65431192rent_es
seniles72618022seniles
settles73916002settles
tentless8229842tentless
ventless11249052ventless
venules104011482venules
wintles103414982wintles
yentes95517602yent_es

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 Limit107671492.93636672.7
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.32853693.2
 
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