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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 “ghostliness” 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.

27 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
ghostliness154256(None) 
ghastliness1542641ghastliness
costliness1245992_costliness
ghostliest1453712ghostli_est
ghostlinesses1742492ghostlinesses
gristliness1264002gristliness
beastliness1343333beastliness
frostiness1336563frost_iness
frostlines1345193frostline_s
ghastliest1443443ghastli_est
ghastlinesses1742743ghastlinesses
ghostiest1336543ghost_i_est
ghostings1433483ghost_in_gs
ghostlier1343343ghostli_e_r
ghostlike1743353ghostlike__
glossiness11284983glos_siness
godliness1136593g_o_dliness
goutiness1038763g_out_iness
grisliness1155143gris_liness
growliness1494073gro_wliness
growthiness1842493growthiness
gustiness10189893g_ust_iness
hastiness122410883_hast_iness
holiness112512503_ho__liness
homeliness1545763_homeliness
hotlines11811643_ho_tline_s
portliness1246833_portliness

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 Filter1786911216330.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121633274.45327314.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691274.84536881.5
 
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