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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 “festivals” 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.

39 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
festivals154337(None) 
festival1444711festival_
aestival1145482aestival_
estival1036322_estival_
festively1845772festively
fetials103711742fe_ti_als
aestivate12127663aestivate
aestivates13107363aestivates
bestial9311643besti_al_
bestowals1443223bestowals
deprivals1543533deprivals
despisals1243503despisals
espials937093_espi_als
estivate111010003_estivate
estivates12109753_estivates
fecials123510333fe_ci_als
festal94213563fest__al_
festinate1249473festinate
festinates1348943festinates
festive1339773festiv__e
festivity1845103festivity
fetial95716193fe_ti_al_
fetiales11319613fe_ti_ales
fetialis11358663fe_ti_alis
fustians1146403fusti_ans
gestical1138993gestical_
mestizas1944703mestiza_s
meticals12310763me_ticals
restively1548313restively
restorals978073restorals
retinals85612963re_tinals
revivals1435433re_vivals
rusticals1145353rusticals
sestinas8249133sestina_s
tertials8510073terti_als
verticals1457243verticals
vestals104612333vest__als
yeshivahs215863yeshivahs
yeshivas1742063yeshiva_s

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 Limit148641396.64022385.7
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.09225196.1
 
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