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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 “pestering” 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.

40 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
pestering12231566(None) 
festering132413171festering
peltering122011671peltering
petering112516811pe_tering
westering132112641westering
bettering122212762bettering
centering122915142centering
entering91920052_entering
fettering132310512fettering
fostering132411262fostering
gesturing1136652gesturing
gettering112310032gettering
leistering1147982leistering
lettering102112072lettering
lustering102711202lustering
mastering122315312mastering
metering112915632me_tering
mustering122212332mustering
neutering1038962neutering
oystering1337562oystering
paltering122612902paltering
pastoring12310852pastoring
pasturing1238432pasturing
pattering122314432pattering
peering103520352pe__ering
peppering1337082peppering
pestling111010252pest_ling
plastering1339242plastering
portering122012302portering
posturing1238992posturing
pottering122612002pottering
prestoring13310302prestoring
puttering122611642puttering
restoring10314612restoring
restring91518782rest_ring
sistering101213752sistering
teetering10239892teetering
tentering102313212tentering
vesturing1337202vesturing
weltering13219492weltering

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436403.93630852.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.37540843.7
 
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