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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 “electricians” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
electricians165388(None) 
electrician1554481electrician_
electrical1446143electric_a_l
electricities1755233electricities
electricity1854953electrici_ty
electrics1348003electric___s
electrifies1645753electrifi_es
dialecticians1861784dialect_icians
dieticians1344124die_t_icians
eclecticisms1753114eclect_icisms
elections112414974elect___ions
electric1249184electric____
electrically1965684electrically
electrified1754604electrifi_ed
electrifying2153444electrifying
electrocutes1655314electrocutes
electrocutions1863024electrocutions
electrograms1755064electrograms
electroing1346914electr_oi_ng
electronicas1675544electronicas
electronics1557224electroni_cs
electrons112411764electr___ons
ethicians1445284__e_thicians
geometricians18153244geometricians
geriatricians1661844geriatricians
patricians1456284__patricians
pediatricians1892174pediatricians
rhetoricians1762014rhetoricians
tacticians1444234_tact_icians
technicians1852654_technicians

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790306.70018625.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.10925135.9
 
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