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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 “ministering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
ministering144554(None) 
administering1762192administering
ministerial1354542ministerial
blistering13107063_blistering
cloistering1444823cloistering
glistering12106423_glistering
imbittering1642353imbittering
leistering1147983_leistering
mastering122315303m__astering
miniseries1246753minis_eries
minishing1547073minis__hing
minister10410363minister___
ministered1344963minister_ed
ministers1139623minister__s
ministrant1255813minist_rant
ministries1247563minist_ries
misaltering1445123misaltering
misentering1446373misentering
misinterring1553503misinterring
missteering1444453mi_ssteering
misterming1538603m__isterming
mitering113015403m__i_tering
moistening1346233m_oistening
monitoring1346233moni_toring
mustering122212333m__ustering
plaistering1444603plaistering
registering1346393registering
roistering1148583_roistering
sintering101014803sin__tering
sistering101213753__sistering
wintering13412363win__tering

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121633314.40627606.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.87536654.6
 
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