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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 “ghastliness” 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.

26 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
ghastliness154264(None) 
ghostliness1542561ghostliness
beastliness1343332beastliness
ghastliest1443442ghastli_est
ghastlinesses1742742ghastlinesses
gristliness1264022gristliness
hastiness122410882_hast_iness
chasteness1546523chast_eness
chattiness1565123cha_ttiness
coastlines12125333coastline_s
costliness1245993_costliness
gantlines1039333g_antline_s
gasolines1047483g_asoline_s
gassiness10268323g_as_siness
gastness9278473g_ast__ness
ghastlier1342893ghastli_e_r
ghostliest1453713ghostli_est
ghostlinesses1742493ghostlinesses
glassiness11246003glas_siness
grisliness1155163gris_liness
gustiness10189903g_ust_iness
nastiness92310573_nast_iness
pastiness112312353_past_iness
shapeliness1663163shapeliness
tastiness92311143_tast_iness
yeastiness1344883yeast_iness

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633264.53026850.6
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.95236084.6
 
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