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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 “ghosting” 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
ghosting133646(None) 
ghostings1433481ghostings
hosting114318381_hosting
boosting113311052boosting
cohosting1546322cohosting
costing104323022_costing
frosting12311182frosting
gasting95022762g_asting
ghostier1235382ghostier
gloating102611462gloating
glossing10278882glossing
glouting10379692glouting
goosing93314082goos_ing
gosling93312402g_osling
grossing103111062grossing
grouting103410792grouting
guesting1058462guesting
gusting93917162g_usting
hasting114725192_hasting
histing113720372_histing
hoisting123610902_hoisting
hooting113919882_hooting
hosing103421102_hos_ing
hotting113116522_hotting
posting105622242_posting
roosting93411462roosting
shooting122812862shooting
shorting122514802shorting
shotting123012382shotting
shouting122711792shouting
whisting15329542whisting

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059316.57618409.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.99825534.6
 
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