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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 “guesting” 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
guesting105846(None) 
guessing1036241guessing
gusting93917161gu_sting
questing1838271questing
besting104923922_besting
bursting1138702bursting
busting104221792bu_sting
cresting114017042cresting
dueting93814392due_ting
duetting1047182duetting
dusting93618992du_sting
egesting1039012egesting
gasting95022762g_asting
getting93316562g_etting
ghosting1336462ghosting
gleeting10279172gleeting
greeting103112352greeting
guising93511412guis_ing
gushing124014222gu_shing
gusseting1173962gusseting
gussying1334062gussying
gutting93415922gu_tting
jesting154317712_jesting
justing153615162ju_sting
lusting83619322lu_sting
musting103221072mu_sting
nesting84320442_nesting
ousting84021352ou_sting
reesting93118272reesting
resting85031182_resting
rusting83821262ru_sting
testing86021052_testing
vesting114618682_vesting
westing115020272_westing
wresting123811832wresting
zesting174515332_zesting

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059363.48634727.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.87246149.5
 
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