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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 “pontils” 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.

30 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
pontils931221(None) 
pontil8315461pontil_
apostils1046772apostils
dentils84115582dentils
lentils73912972lentils
panties94230932panties
pantile93918482pantile
pantiles103617152pantiles
pastils94416172pastils
pencils113011772pencils
pensils92811592pensils
pentyls1236522pentyls
pintails10310162pintails
pistils93314302pistils
poetics11312072poetics
pongids11347412pongids
ponies84833462pon_ies
pontes83627852pont_es
pontiff1547902pontiff
pontiffs1643142pontiffs
pontine92419052pontine
pontons93315552pontons
ponytails1443652ponytails
portals94015562portals
postals93716372postals
posties93128812posties
postins93721202postins
potties93723542potties
punties94520782punties
tonsils7310182tonsils

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671302.94036622.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.32653725.5
 
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