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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 “instability” 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.

40 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
instability164944(None) 
castability1848412castability
ignitability1856052ignitability
inability14411102in__ability
insatiability1856492insatiability
insurability1757222insurability
inviability1978742inviability
notability1549702_notability
stability14410082__stability
testability1648802testability
actability1749083_actability
cutability1747863_cutability
dilatability1845453dilatability
disability1649773dis_ability
fishability2245283fishability
immutability2155893immutability
imputability2146383imputability
incapability2156513incapability
ineffability2356393ineffability
inevitability2156963inevitability
inscrutability2163833inscrutability
insociability2056223insociability
insolubility1754093insolubility
instabilities1549883instabilities
inutility1246213inut__ility
irritability1747483irritability
meltability1848683meltability
mutability1748073_mutability
portability1849563portability
potability1749813_potability
printability1946863prin_tability
quotability2555593quotability
rentability16410193rentability
suability1448593__suability
suitability1647113suitability
trustability1756133trustability
unsuitability1865133unsuitability
usability1447163_us_ability
washability2245323washability
wettability1946483wettability

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633405.04624104.8
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691405.46932673.4
 
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