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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 “nestled” 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.

39 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
nestled834991(None) 
nested74720061nest_ed
nestle63013951nestle_
nestler73510451nestler
nestles73015461nestles
nettled8339941nettled
pestled102711451pestled
beetled1038222beetled
bested94922762best_ed
bustled104011522bustled
castled104311512castled
ensiled82611432ensiled
fettled11378932fettled
gentled9389092gentled
hustled113210132hustled
jested144416502jest_ed
jostled15267082jostled
justled15338092justled
mettled103510542mettled
needled9358512needled
nester64124182nest_er
nestlers8359232nestlers
netted74118712ne_tted
nettle64514582nettle_
nettler7349502nettler
nettles73214082nettles
pestle83215842pestle_
pestles93217692pestles
pettled103611512pettled
resiled84621982resiled
resoled84119282resoled
rested74430782rest_ed
restyled1236952restyled
rustled83311322rustled
settled83210872settled
tested74421522test_ed
vested104217352vest_ed
wrestled12296762wrestled
zested164214042zest_ed

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671393.09634777.5
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.48251318.5
 
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