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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 “minstrel” 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.

83 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
minstrel104691(None) 
minstrels1145691minstrels
minster93914322minst_er
minsters103813922minsters
minstrelsy1551672minstrelsy
mistral91013642mi_stral
bistre83815023bi_stre_
bistred103311853bi_stred
bistres94017213bi_stres
coistrel1046743coistrel
costrel9310373_costrel
diastral946993diastral
instal6712193_inst_al
install779363_install
instep838193_inst_ep
instil61111383_inst_il
instill789063_instill
insure63416603_insure_
insured83714253_insured
insurer73312803_insurer
insures73117263_insures
kestrel1137113_kestrel
lintel64013993lin_t_el
listel64214743li_st_el
mainstream1452733mainstream
mandrel1038683man_drel
mantel84317973man_t_el
menstrua1044023menstrua
menstrual1144353menstrual
mensural1046233mensural
midstream1443573midstream
minaret9520683min_aret
mineral9312733min_eral
minister10410363minist_er
ministered1344963ministered
ministers1139623ministers
ministries1247563ministries
ministry1385793ministr_y
minored10310103min_ored
minted94220583min_t_ed
minter84425103min_t_er
minters93822473min_ters
mintier93615993min_tier
minute83414293minut_e_
minuted10329503minut_ed
minutely1354583minut_ely
minuter93510413minut_er
minutes93513443minut_es
minutial1046423minutial
misdrew1335833mi_sdrew
misgrew1335523mi_sgrew
misrely12319613mi_s_rely
missel85216523mi_s_sel
missteer1037223missteer
misstep11158463misst_ep
misstyle1345273misstyle
misted93625823mi_st_ed
mister84728563mi_st_er
misterm114314513mi_sterm
misters93927513mi_sters
misthrew16124763mi_sthrew
mistier93418713mi_stier
mistrals101212623mi_strals
mistreat10313113mi_streat
mistress10310703mi_stress
mistrial10311383mi_strial
mitral81314323mi__tral
mitre75522423mi__tre_
mitred94414343mi__tred
mitres83922073mi__tres
mongrel1036333mon_grel
monster93214603monst_er
monstera10318883monstera
monsters103314553monsters
munster93710523munst_er
munsters104010553munsters
piastre9307893piastre_
piastres10249303piastres
pipistrel1351843pipistrel
sinistral944683sinistral
tinsel639443tins__el
unsteel738793_unsteel
wastrel1037553_wastrel

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit146162837.61019206.6
3Display Results83830.0332515.2
 (SQL Overall)178691838.10922036.1
 
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