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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 “gestural” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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77 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
gestural94603(None) 
vestural1156471vestural
dentural948082dentural
estral64716512_est_ral
estrual7367932_estrual
gastral8329552gast_ral
gestical1138992gestical
gesturally1443432gesturally
gesture839242gestur_e
gestured1036992gestured
gesturer935982gesturer
gestures9310012gestures
guttural943812guttural
pastural1038412pastural
postural1049202postural
restoral8810982restoral
textural1544942textural
vestral104111012vest_ral
aestival1145483aestival
apertural1144103apertural
astral66919283_ast_ral
austral73411513aust_ral
bestial9311643best_ial
bestowal1344513bestowal
caesural1055403caes_ural
central93114473cent_ral
centurial1147963centurial
cesura838773ces_ura_
cesurae937703ces_urae
cesuras958693ces_uras
creatural1144913creatural
cultural1047263cultural
custumal12113593custumal
dextral1577003dext_ral
enteral73516453_enteral
enthral103410933_enthral
estival1036323_estival
estray95713333_est_ray
estuarial943933_estuarial
estuary1034683_estuary
festal94213563fest__al
festival1444713festival
fissural1143703fissural
futural1037283_futural
gastrula953993gastrula
general81010943ge_neral
gestalt8411173gest__alt
gesturers1044283gesturers
gesturing1136653gesturing
gutturals1043023gutturals
kestrel1137113kest_rel
lustral7339653lust_ral
menstrual1144353menstrual
mensural1046233mensural
mistral91013643mist_ral
natural739513_natural
neural6311993ne__ural
neutral737923neut_ral
nurtural845493nurtural
pastoral10310483pastoral
pectoral121210503pectoral
peytral1287503peyt_ral
postoral10311723postoral
restorals978073restorals
retral64419743re_t_ral
rostral7311333rost_ral
sectoral10109543sectoral
sural55931263__s_ural
sutural7310223_sutural
textual1444603textu_al
thesaural1252473thesaural
ventral103612173vent_ral
vesperal1344883vesperal
vestal94615573vest__al
vesture10310373vestur_e
vestured1237463vestured
vestures11311043vestures

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162777.75018859.6
3Display Results77770.0302566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691778.21621749.1
 
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