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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 “pastil” 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.

57 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
pastil8501832(None) 
pastel85918711pastel
pastie85525521pastie
pastils94416171pastils
pastis84924321pastis
pistil83915071pistil
apostil947902apostil
astir55517092_astir
basil75122272bas_il
bastile9313912bastile
distil73616432distil
hastily133010662hastily
instil61111382instil
mastic103119172mastic
mastix152310512mastix
nastic82915972nastic
nastily103011032nastily
pail66141832pa__il
pantie84326472pantie
pantile93918482pantile
partial92616262partial
pascal10812372pascal
pasquil1843922pasquil
passel85117002passel
passim10410282passim
past65959012past__
pasta76624532past_a
pastas85422872pastas
paste74932952past_e
pasted94426902pasted
pastels95215182pastels
paster85734372paster
pastes85233912pastes
pastier94320382pastier
pasties94529812pasties
pastille1038942pastille
pastime114611972pastime
pastina93914592pastina
pasting103826552pasting
pastor84817482pastor
pastry114913032pastry
pasts75936502past_s
pasty105725052past_y
patin76832852pa_tin
patio74426352pa_tio
pattie84020962pattie
pistils93314302pistils
pistol83313332pistol
plastic112815062plastic
plastid102112522plastid
pontil8315462pontil
postal84317532postal
postie84123962postie
postin83521032postin
ramtil8311032ramtil
spastic11310382spastic
tastily103311642tastily

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.31035736.4
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.70266132.9
 
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