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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 “historian” 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.

38 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
historian1212810(None) 
historians13106301historians
historic1388942histori_c
historical1545922historical
historied1347772historied
histories12412472histories
lictorian1166612lictorian
ahistoric1466243ahistori_c
ahistorical1654053ahistorical
custodian1243763custodian
distortion1146703distortion
distrain9412243dist_rain
dystopian1553713dystopian
haustoria1244773haustoria_
haustorial1344503haustorial
histamin1387043histami_n
histidin1244933histidi_n
histogen1245563histo_gen
histogram1544553histogram
histoid1139823histo_i_d
history1339423histor__y
hysteria1447403hysteria_
hysterias1547153hysterias
isthmian1343073_isthmian
listeria839453listeria_
listerias959243listerias
mistrain10311943mist_rain
mistrial10311383mist_rial
pictorial1348403pictorial
prehistorian1754603prehistorian
pretorian11511553pretorian
suctorian11106503suctorian
victoria1346333victoria_
victorias1446523victorias
wistaria1146623wistaria_
wistarias1246793wistarias
wisteria1147773wisteria_
wisterias1248113wisterias

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641387.58019609.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.01622291.8
 
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