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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 “nestors” 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.

47 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
nestors7361497(None) 
nesters74422791nesters
nestor63713421nestor_
ancestors1147232ancestors
bestirs9311132bestirs
bestows1248862bestows
bettors93312472bettors
castors94919442castors
cestos84718092cesto_s
debtors1038532debtors
esters64627732_esters
estops84011222_estops
festers104121392festers
fetors91014472fe_tors
hectors123513262hectors
investors12227722investors
jesters144118192jesters
lectors93415762lectors
lessors73610522lessors
mentors9314992mentors
nectars938462nectars
negators92411172negators
nektons1136392nektons
nester64124182nester_
nestlers8359232nestlers
nestles73015462nestles
nests55728002nest__s
netops839212ne_tops
netters73618582netters
neustons836832neustons
neuters74212272neuters
newtons1036812newtons
nostocs947552nostocs
pastors94119002pastors
pesters93827092pesters
pestos84719082pesto_s
questors17147012questors
rectors93520522rectors
resters74130402resters
restore75822982restore
restores85222992restores
sectors93116452sectors
testers74124542testers
testons7313562testons
vectors123212592vectors
westers105221962westers
zesters163517292zesters

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 Filter1786911076710.623286823.4
2DLD Change Limit107671472.98636058.6
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.62249334.9
 
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