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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 “optimism” 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.

40 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
optimism144521(None) 
optimise1255581optimise
optimisms1555221optimisms
optimist1256871optimist
opiumism1442892opiumism
opticist1248922opticist
optimes1148472optimes_
optimised1444312optimised
optimises1346082optimises
optimists1345292optimists
optimize2145502optimize
optimum1343352optim_um
optimums1442562optimums
actinism12119883actinism
activism15117083activism
animism113510213_animism
atomism112610963_atomism
atticism1268533atticism
intimist10410213intimist
nativism13116613nativism
obiism1036363o_bi_ism
opiumisms1542633opiumisms
optician1247243optician
opticists1346423opticists
optics102810183opti_cs_
optima10106533optim__a
optimal1145783optim_al
optime1079353optim__e
optimising1544493optimising
optimistic1654303optimistic
optimized2344963optimized
optimizer2244123optimizer
optimizes2245423optimizes
options93810603options_
otitis63612343o_titis_
poeticism1548333poeticism
routinism1146573routinism
totemism1245433totemism
uptimes1177553uptimes_
vorticism1646383vorticism

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162406.42022766.7
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.85926052.0
 
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