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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 “nestling” 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
nestling95889(None) 
nesting84320441nest_ing
nestlings1074311nestlings
nettling957211nettling
pestling111010251pestling
beetling1139282beetling
besting104923922best_ing
bustling112110062bustling
castling11311232castling
ensiling9410722ensiling
fettling1266772fettling
gentling1048452gentling
hustling12228792hustling
jesting154317712jest_ing
jostling16207122jostling
justling16207252justling
needling10248752needling
nestlike1236082nestlike
netting84018762ne_tting
pettling1168212pettling
resiling93520172resiling
resoling92916302resoling
resting85031182rest_ing
restring91518782restring
restyling1337922restyling
rustling9249982rustling
settling978942settling
testing86021052test_ing
vesting114618682vest_ing
westing115020272west_ing
wrestling1336062wrestling
zesting174515332zest_ing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.90630993.1
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691324.29641594.7
 
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