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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 “expressionistic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
expressionistic267191(None) 
expressionist2264052expressionist__
expressionists2363102expressionist_s
impressionistic2171812impressionistic
expansionistic2591743exp_ansionistic
expressionism2463373expressionis__m
expressionisms2562613expressionis_ms
expressions2086364expression_s___
impressionist1763994impressionist__
impressionists1862904impressionist_s
repressionist1555334repressionist__
exhibitionistic2981405exhibitionistic
expansionist2183435exp_ansionist__
expansionists2292735exp_ansionist_s
expression1946575expression_____
expressional2164225expression___al
expressionless2361935expression_less
expressivities2662515expressi_vi_ties
expressivity2763065expressi_vi_t_y
impressionism1963155impressionis__m
impressionisms2062375impressionis_ms
pessimistic1752595__p_essi_mistic
reunionistic1452715___reunionistic

Search took 9 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 Filter178691658741.173152336.7
2DLD Change Limit65874237.0169389.1
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691238.20221786.3
 
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