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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 “obstructs” 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.

35 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
obstructs134457(None) 
obstruct1246031obstruct_
abstracts1346592abstracts
abstricts1355182abstricts
constructs1457052constructs
destructs1245772destructs
instructs1145792instructs
obstructed1544232obstructed
obstructor1453752obstructor
obstructors1564002obstructors
obstruents1253332obstruents
abstract1249223abstract_
abstrict1257943abstrict_
astricts1049463_astricts
constricts1477733constricts
construct1358713construct_
destruct1148383destruct_
distracts1249293distracts
districts1248943districts
distrusts1046533distrusts
instruct1047543instruct_
mistrusts1146013mistrusts
obstructing1644573obstructing
obstruction15135543obstruction
obstructions16155523obstructions
obstructive1854613obstructive
obstructives1953913obstructives
obstruent1144713obstruent
obtrudes1144073ob_trudes
oestrums10156473oestru_ms
oestrus7169583oestru__s
oestruses946403oestruses
restricts1138823restricts
strunts7429543__strunts
struts65616803__stru_ts

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.873204686.1
2DLD Change Limit148641358.22018082.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691359.10919617.0
 
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