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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 “legalistically” 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.

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
legalistically205375(None) 
realistically1855962re_alistically
dualistically1995223_dualistically
egoistically1867393_eg_oistically
egotistically1955513_egotistically
fatalistically2254363fatalistically
idealistically2053703idealistically
logistically1877173log__istically
moralistically2154763moralistically
pluralistically2262943pluralistically
agonistically1955764_agonistically
atavistically2175524_atavistically
ballistically2054734_ballistically
cladistically2154944_cladistically
deistically1749044de___istically
elastically1649614_e__lastically
elliptically1955124_e_lliptically
eristically16411344_e__ristically
hedonistically2354084hedonistically
heuristically2155574he_uristically
holistically2048114__holistically
humanistically2463404humanistically
imagistically2155054_imagistically
legalistic1345274legalistic____
linguistically2073304linguistically
mechanistically2782764mechanistically
meristically1949014me__ristically
novelistically2273414novelistically
organismically2262034organismically
pianistically2056354_pianistically
ritualistically2092444ritualistically
sadistically1847594__sadistically
simplistically2363714simplistically
socialistically2273214socialistically
statistically1856354_statistically
stylistically2155334_stylistically
unrealistically2062794unrealistically
urbanistically2163444urbanistically

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 Filter178691658740.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit65874383.76617491.8
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.87546113.8
 
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