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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 “instructs” 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.

53 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
instructs114579(None) 
instruct1047541instruct_
constructs1457052constructs
destructs1245772destructs
instincts1144532instincts
instructed1345632instructed
instructor1255162instructor
instructors1355382instructors
intrusts837722in_trusts
obstructs1344572obstructs
abstracts1346593abstracts
abstricts1355183abstricts
astricts1049463_astricts
constricts1477733constricts
construct1358713construct_
destruct1148383destruct_
distracts1249283distracts
districts1248933districts
distrusts1046523distrusts
entrusts847113en_trusts
incrusts1036253in_crusts
inducts10259573in__ducts
infarcts1345233infar_cts
infracts1346623in_fracts
insects93710843ins__ects
inserts74013993inser__ts
inspects1255863ins_pects
instances1148743instances
instants8910153inst_ants
instinct1048723instinct_
instrokes1345353instrokes
instructing1446293instructing
instruction13137943instruction
instructions14137813instructions
instructive1656483instructive
instructress1452893instructress
instruments1354683instruments
insults7268963ins__ults
insurants947643insurants
interacts11312123interacts
intercuts1148783intercuts
intrants8312863in_trants
intreats8311543in_treats
introits859713in_troits
intrudes937493in_trudes
intrust7311493in_trust_
intuits7310313in_t_uits
mistrusts1146013mistrusts
obstruct1246033obstruct_
restricts1138823restricts
strunts7429543__strunts
struts65616803__stru_ts
unitrusts943323unitrusts

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641536.28323657.6
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691536.73326539.6
 
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