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

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

26 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
heraldists144395(None) 
heraldist1346401heraldist_
herbalists1546192herbal_ists
aerialists1089523aerial_ists
ceramists1346723cera_mists
hagadists1445073haga_dists
heraldic1445163heraldi__c
heralding1435773heraldi_ng
heraldries1443973heraldries
heralds1137713herald___s
herbalisms1746283herbal_isms
herbalist1449813herbal_ist_
hermetists1545613hermetists
legalists1047943legal_ists
medalists1249373medal_ists
medallists1344363medallists
metalists11412663metal_ists
metallists1266713metallists
moralists11311103moral_ists
muralists1148163mural_ists
oralists8611803_oral_ists
realists83014843re_al_ists
ruralists947643rural_ists
serialists10810363serial_ists
therapists1544403thera_pists
verbalists1546153verbal_ists

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603266.17322777.1
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691266.59627090.8
 
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