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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 “pistolling” 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.

28 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
pistolling134535(None) 
pistoling1268491pisto_ling
distilling1247792distilling
dispelling1447613dispelling
dissolving1545113dissolving
distorting1239583distorting
extolling1744623_extolling
hostelling1446163hostelling
installing1146403installing
instilling1145803instilling
misbilling1545543misbilling
miscalling1547863miscalling
mistitling1346223mistitling
pastoring12310853pasto_ring
patrolling1345693patrolling
pestling111010253pest__ling
pilling103722563pi___lling
pinballing1544013pinballing
pinfolding1743013pinfolding
pistolier1146383pisto_lier
pistolled1255173pistoll_ed
polling102920383p___olling
pretelling1338133pretelling
stalling95116703__stalling
stilling93415323__stilling
stooling93113133__stooling
strolling10238793__strolling
tolling83418563___tolling

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911406030.830215290.4
2DLD Change Limit140603288.98315652.1
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691289.81318209.6
 
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