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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 “nestle” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

49 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
nestle6301395(None) 
nestled8349911nestled
nestler73510451nestler
nestles73015461nestles
nettle64514581nettle
pestle83215841pestle
beetle8311672beetle
bustle84015482bustle
castle84918962castle
ensile62616472ensile
fettle93713122fettle
gentle74014512gentle
geste65920692gest_e
hustle93113992hustle
istle52214712_istle
jostle13319862jostle
justle133211582justle
kettle104311612kettle
mestee84523882mestee
mettle83815722mettle
neatly93812482neatly
nebule848752nebule
needle73310612needle
nest45548732nest__
nestable101613672nestable
nested74720062nested
nester64124182nester
nestlers8359232nestlers
nestlike1236082nestlike
nestor63713422nestor
nests55728002nest_s
nettled8339942nettled
nettler7349502nettler
nettles73214082nettles
nettly9459452nettly
pestled102711452pestled
pestles93217692pestles
pettle84116052pettle
resale64025542resale
resile64627672resile
resole64624182resole
restyle1038762restyle
rustle63615412rustle
settle63915662settle
testae64216252testae
testee64323302testee
trestle72611362trestle
vestee94319152vestee
wrestle10298842wrestle

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551492.59331836.1
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.96960185.6
 
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