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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 “nasties” 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.

67 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
nasties7352049(None) 
nastier74115291nastier
nastiest83615951nastiest
pasties94529811pasties
banties94324762banties
bastes85330382bast_es
bastiles10313352bastiles
bawties124214312bawties
beasties102514652beasties
blasties102113632blasties
castes85631862cast_es
castles94917732castles
catties94023052catties
dassies84418662dassies
dauties83315762dauties
dawties113312702dawties
dynasties1344062dynasties
easies64126632eas_ies
fatties103018202fatties
hastes95727072hast_es
hastier103916622hastier
hastiest112916502hastiest
laities7320342laities
lassies74420102lassies
mashies12318252mashies
mastics112614782mastics
mastixes1738252mastixes
nancies93516842nancies
nannies73015202nannies
nappies114613402nappies
nastic82915972nasti_c
nastily103011032nastily
nastiness92310572nastiness
nates55238332na_t_es
natives10310822na_tives
nattier73614622nattier
nattiest83215352nattiest
navies95218622na_vies
navvies1335322navvies
nestles73015462nestles
nifties102612502nifties
panties94230932panties
parties93230862parties
pastes85233912past_es
pastie85525522pastie_
pastier94320382pastier
pastiest103319552pastiest
pastils94416172pastils
pastimes123611902pastimes
pastis84924322pasti_s
pastises103616052pastises
pastries101517422pastries
patsies93919482patsies
patties93425142patties
posties93128812posties
salties73725772salties
sassies74719262sassies
sties55132982__sties
tassies74918932tassies
tastes64126422tast_es
tastier711817092tastier
tastiest83216632tastiest
tatties74120342tatties
vastier103613202vastier
vastiest112713072vastiest
wastes96224882wast_es
wastries111212882wastries

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671673.19033752.7
3Display Results67670.0302233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691673.58049913.7
 
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