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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 “priests” 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.

34 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
priests9381086(None) 
prests84021261pr_ests
priest84125421priest_
arrests73312682arrests
crests85218702cr_ests
driest74722752driest_
grists74716482gri_sts
orients7311582orients
pests75933272p__ests
presets94216422pr_esets
press75425952pr_es_s
prest75736352pr_est_
presto84216202pr_esto
prestos93716082pr_estos
pretests10310012pretests
priers84521192prie_rs
pries74339532prie__s
priested1138392priested
priestess1145292priestess
priestly1345842priestly
prints84320102pri_nts
prises84133172pri_ses
prisms104915502pri_sms
priss74623892pri_s_s
prisses94816712prisses
privets122910052privets
protests10310492protests
purists94014072puri_sts
reests64618892_reests
rests54935872_r_ests
spriest92718642spriest_
wrests95313082wr_ests
wriest94419712wriest_
wrists95415642wri_sts

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671343.29632667.2
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.66948702.9
 
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