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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 “bastinades” 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.

27 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
bastinades134460(None) 
bastinade1244901bastinade_
bastinaded1443431bastinaded
bastinadoes1452271bastinadoes
bastinado1243072bastinad_o
bastinadoed1551522bastinadoed
actinides12188323_actinides
antinodes1099603_antinodes
badinages13124873ba_dinages
barricades1564203barricades
bastiles10313353basti__les
bastilles1147353basti_lles
bastinading1573553bastinading
bastings114214693bastin__gs
busticates1456613busticates
caseinates1247443caseinates
castigates1347553castigates
fascinates1547153fascinates
festinates1348943festinates
gasconades1443323gasconades
marinades12268973ma_rinades
masticates1449843masticates
mastitides1345833mastitides
pasquinades2351863pasquinades
pastinas103712153pastina__s
patinates113814693pa_tinates
vastitudes1444323vastitudes

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603275.90323818.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.34228175.8
 
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