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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 “gentle” 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.

50 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
gentle7401451(None) 
gentile83515291gentile
gentled9389091gentled
gentler8378951gentler
gentles83714341gentles
gently103710911gently
beetle8311672beetle
cantle84522152cantle
centile94217182centile
centre84316642centre
fettle93713122fettle
gantlet83616242gantlet
gene56237222gen__e
genette838862genette
genie66124922gen_ie
genome94312192genome
genre66016802gen_re
gent56954392gent__
genteel836752genteel
gentes75324162gentes
gentil74115122gentil
gentiles93713522gentiles
gentlest93410572gentlest
gentoo7311312gentoo
gentry103410442gentry
gents65729612gent_s
geste65920692gest_e
gruntle8257052gruntle
guttle74111972guttle
hantle94318202hantle
kente95821072kent_e
kettle104311612kettle
mantle84420922mantle
mentee84121292mentee
mettle83815722mettle
nestle63013952nestle
nettle64514582nettle
penile82219602penile
pestle83215842pestle
pettle84116052pettle
pintle83818262pintle
rente54733782rent_e
senile63420212senile
sente56432882sent_e
settle63915662settle
tentie62521182tentie
ungentle946572ungentle
venule94411762venule
wintle94014602wintle
yente86220042yent_e

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551502.37634743.7
3Display Results50500.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691502.71965719.4
 
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