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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 “bristle” 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.

36 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
bristle9191010(None) 
bristled11187341bristled
bristles101510431bristles
bristly12178061bristly
brittle9168601brittle
gristle8169221gristle
aristae7312532aristae
bhistie1236772bhistie
bistre83815022b_istre
brattle9249252brattle
brickle15279932brickle
bricole112810492bricole
bridle94115462bri_dle
brindle104210102brindle
briskly16165402briskly
bristlier1144312bristlier
bristol937042bristol
bristols1046772bristols
brittled11186092brittled
brittler10165982brittler
brittles10178652brittles
brittly12165972brittly
bustle84015482b_ustle
cristae9310612cristae
epistle957892epistle
gristles9189202gristles
gristly11187332gristly
istle52214712__istle
rustle63615412_rustle
thistle10107802thistle
trestle72611362trestle
triste63818642trist_e
whistle13107532whistle
wrastle10368992wrastle
wrestle10298842wrestle
wristlet1138642wristlet

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 Filter1786911076710.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit107671366.09317671.3
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691366.63926915.3
 
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