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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 “nettles” 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.

60 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
nettles7321408(None) 
fettles103912731fettles
kettles113411611kettles
mettles94115021mettles
nestles73015461nestles
nettle64514581nettle_
nettled8339941nettled
nettler7349501nettler
nettlers8307511nettlers
pettles93916481pettles
settles73916001settles
battles94517682battles
beetles9312082beetles
bottles94216272bottles
cuttles93613922cuttles
dottles83912282dottles
entitles8710662entitles
fettle93713122fettle_
fettled11378932fettled
gentles83714342gentles
guttles83011932guttles
jetties143613122jetties
kettle104311612kettle_
kittles113012492kittles
littles73212782littles
mettle83815722mettle_
mettled103510542mettled
mottles93415802mottles
needles83211562needles
nestle63013952nestle_
nestled8349902nestled
nestler73510442nestler
nestlers8359222nestlers
netless739862ne_tless
netted74118712nett_ed
netter63722022nett_er
netters73618582netters
nettier74211812nettier
nettiest83112432nettiest
nettlier864812nettlier
nettliest945412nettliest
nettly9459452nettl_y
netts55320722nett__s
pestles93217692pestles
pettle84116052pettle_
pettled103611502pettled
pottles93816982pottles
rattles73217302rattles
retiles74426992retiles
retitles83612592retitles
settees73513632settees
settle63915662settle_
settled83210872settled
settler73410652settler
settlers8289022settlers
tattles73616282tattles
tittles73413252tittles
unsettles964652unsettles
vittles103211112vittles
wattles103814072wattles

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671603.47031029.1
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.64049090.9
 
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