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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 “gesturing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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146 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
gesturing113665(None) 
vesturing1337201vesturing
featuring1337322featuring
festering132413172festering
gestating11229982gestating
gettering112310032gettering
lecturing1237302lecturing
pasturing1238432pasturing
pestering122315662pestering
posturing1238992posturing
restoring10314612restoring
restring91518782rest_ring
texturing1735222texturing
venturing1337552venturing
westering132112642westering
assuring937773_assuring
bescouring1584643bescouring
besting104923923best__ing
bestirring1343993bestirring
bestowing1535803bestowing
bestudding1542653bestudding
bettering122212753bettering
capturing1436623capturing
censuring1237603censuring
centering122915143centering
centring112112953cent_ring
cloturing1245473cloturing
costuming1445283costuming
culturing1236553culturing
denaturing12115853denaturing
desiring10312143des_iring
destining11311433destining
detouring1136973detouring
devouring1435953devouring
disturbing1445653disturbing
egesting1039013egest__ing
enduring10310013_enduring
ensuring9310173_ensuring
entering91920053_entering
enuring8813883_e_nuring
esquiring19174023_esquiring
estating92614993_estating
estrin6315923_est_rin_
estrins7315853_est_rins
estuarine944983_estuarine
fettering132310513fettering
fissuring1344813fissuring
fostering132411263fostering
gartering112111573gartering
gasting95022763gast__ing
gastrin839833gast_rin_
gastrins9310123gast_rins
gearing92818843ge__aring
gendering12249753gendering
gentling1048453gent_ling
gestural946033gestur_al
gesture839243gestur__e
gestured1036993gestur_ed
gesturer935983gestur_er
gesturers1044283gesturers
gestures9310013gestur_es
getting93316563ge_t_ting
glistering12106423glistering
guesting1058463guest__ing
gusting93917163gust__ing
guttering112410443guttering
hectoring1538303hectoring
insuring9311153ins_uring
jesting154317713jest__ing
leistering1147983leistering
lettering102112073lettering
lustering102711203lustering
lustring9269723lust_ring
mastering122315303mastering
maturing1139953_maturing
measuring1236123measuring
mentoring1239543mentoring
metering112915633me_tering
metring103215293me_t_ring
mistuning1237673mistuning
mustering122212333mustering
nesting84320443nest__ing
nestling958893nest_ling
neutering1038963neutering
nurturing1045013nurturing
obscuring1444023obscuring
oestrin7312243oest_rin_
oestrins8312673oest_rins
overturing1499413overturing
oystering1337563oystering
pastoring12310853pastoring
peltering122011673peltering
perduring1336013perduring
perjuring1944923perjuring
perturbing1543563perturbing
pestling111010253pest_ling
petering112516813pe_tering
picturing1436033picturing
pressuring1346513pressuring
prestoring13310303prestoring
rapturing1245353rapturing
reassuring1155943reassuring
renaturing11176803renaturing
repouring12310073repouring
rescoring12310603rescoring
rescuing1139623rescu_ing
resecuring1345123resecuring
respiring12159903respiring
respring111614063res_pring
restaging112410853restaging
restarting11310663restarting
restating102319413restating
resting85031183rest__ing
restoking1438193restoking
restrings10159293rest_rings
restrung9176443rest_rung
restudying1543423restudying
restuffing1743163restuffing
restyling1337923restyling
resuming11310083res_uming
resurging1138613res_urging
retiring92717413re_tiring
retuning9311583re_tuning
returning1038133re_turning
rupturing1244353rupturing
sectoring1239583sectoring
securing11310413se_curing
sistering101213753sistering
souring83219063__souring
staring84527053__staring
storing83921123__storing
string75327563__st_ring
suturing9310373_suturing
teetering10239893teetering
tentering102313203tentering
tenuring938863te_nuring
testing86021053test__ing
torturing1036253torturing
unstring9312093unst_ring
upstaring1235963upstaring
vectoring1537413vectoring
veluring1237563ve_luring
vesting114618683vest__ing
weltering13219493weltering
westing115020273west__ing
zesting174515333zest__ing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit1486411466.62622433.0
3Display Results1461460.0632317.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911467.10925135.9
 
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