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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 “celestial” 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.

30 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
celestial114615(None) 
celestials1254091celestials
celesta947642celest_a_
celestas1057082celest_as
celestially1654422celestially
celestine11147942celestine
celestite11167032celestite
bestial9311643__bestial
cadential1246393cadential
celeriac1246163cele_riac
celeste949653celest__e
celestes10310013celest_es
celestines12136893celestines
celestites12125963celestites
celosia939463celos_ia_
celosias1048903celos_ias
colostral1145493colostral
credential1346403credential
crestal9312133c_rest_al
demential1248683demential
ecclesial1353583eccles_ial
fenestral1244113fenestral
forestial1247233forestial
palestral1145323palestral
pedestal1146403pedest_al
semestral1185283semestral
semestrial1274543semestrial
telestic10118953telesti_c
telestich14135323telestich
telestics1196963telestics

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641307.19020673.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.64223382.8
 
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