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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 “limestone” 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.

31 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
limestone114481(None) 
limestones1245011limestones
firestone1247422firestone
lodestone1045322lodestone
milestone1146432milestone
pipestone1345502pipestone
alumstone1143193alum_stone
bluestone1144863bluestone
brimstone1354623brim_stone
clingstone1352683clingstone
copestone1397453copestone
eyestone1146533_eyestone
firestones1347123firestones
freestone1245893freestone
gemstone1145843gem_stone
histone10312843hi__stone
inkstone1245413_inkstone
libertine1147433libertine
lifestyle1551663lifestyle
livestock1852503livestock
loadstone1044493loadstone
lodestones1145423lodestones
milestones1246373milestones
millstone1145423millstone
minestrone1254453minestrone
oilstone847273oi_lstone
pipestones1445423pipestones
rhinestone1353223rhinestone
siltstone943913siltstone
tinstone848173ti_nstone
tombstone1343813tombstone

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641316.21623912.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.63826919.4
 
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