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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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98 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
zesting17451533(None) 
besting104923921besting
jesting154317711jesting
nesting84320441nesting
resting85031181resting
testing86021051testing
vesting114618681vesting
westing115020271westing
basting104227202basting
beating104326872beating
belting104119132belting
betting103921402betting
busting104221792busting
casting104628342casting
cessing103814812cessing
costing104323022costing
cresting114017042cresting
denting94422182denting
destine83719952destine
destiny113111462destiny
dusting93618992dusting
easting84924302easting
eating75134402_eating
egesting1039012egesting
fasting114522832fasting
feasting122011322feasting
felting113515212felting
fessing113812862fessing
feting104417792fe_ting
fetting113517872fetting
fisting113818122fisting
gasting95022762gasting
getting93316562getting
guesting1058462guesting
gusting93917162gusting
hasting114725192hasting
heating114024322heating
hefting144510912hefting
heisting123411042heisting
henting113719652henting
histing113720372histing
hosting114318382hosting
jessing153710622jessing
jestings16368022jestings
jetting153815342jetting
justing153615162justing
lasting84725242lasting
letting83218532letting
listing84020592listing
lusting83619322lusting
masting104325822masting
meeting103314962meeting
melting103317752melting
meshing134513812meshing
messing103916392messing
mestino9411642mestino
meting94320592me_ting
misting103623382misting
musting103221072musting
nestling958892nestling
netting84018762netting
ousting84021352ousting
pasting103826552pasting
pelting102917272pelting
pestling111010252pestling
petting103720952petting
posting105622242posting
questing1838272questing
reesting93118272reesting
renting84026852renting
resiting93521122resiting
restring91518782restring
retting83425882retting
rusting83821262rusting
seating84130682seating
sestina72711972sestina
sestine73017922sestine
setting83621392setting
sting65330242__sting
tasting84624212tasting
tenting84621152tenting
venting114218092venting
vestings12359142vestings
vetting114216562vetting
wasting114422842wasting
weeting113816052weeting
welting113615312welting
westings12429802westings
wetting114117382wetting
wisting113519742wisting
wresting123811832wresting
yeasting12188922yeasting
yessing113210062yessing
zeatin15412822zeatin_
zeatins16311732zeatins
zeroing1738342zeroing
zestier163010222zestier
zestily19167562zestily

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671982.81338276.2
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691983.21955511.3
 
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