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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 “instincts” 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.

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
instincts114453(None) 
instinct1048721instinct_
instances1148752instances
instants8910152instan_ts
instructs1145792instructs
distinct11410763distinct_
extincts1743473_extincts
indicts103210723in_di_cts
indistinct1364823indistinct_
inflicts1345613infli_cts
insects93710843ins__ects
insights1245493ins_ights
insists739083ins_i_sts
inspects1255863ins_pects
inspirits1144253inspirits
instance1049883instanc_e
instanced1245703instanced
instancies1246613instancies
instancy1346573instanc_y
instant7815353instan_t_
instigate1048613instigate
instigates1148423instigates
instills867353insti_lls
instils7811453insti__ls
instinctive1654373instinctive
instinctual1351993instinctual
institute946443institute
institutes1046053institutes
instruct1047543instruct_
intents72115703in_ten_ts
intines7921113in_tin_es
stints65119763__stin_ts
tincts84510803___tincts
unsticks1436233unsti_cks

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641346.67322275.0
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.12525079.4
 
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