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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 “sadists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

29 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
sadists8331085(None) 
sadisms10359111sadisms
sadist74221351sadist_
adits66523712_adi_ts
agists75713172_agists
assists738472assists
cladists1136722cladists
dadaists1045582dadaists
faddists13235542faddists
maists85817572ma_ists
nudists8356832nudists
odists749852_odists
papists112110452papists
racists92613322racists
rapists92510752rapists
sacrists1039562sacrists
sadis64930852sadi__s
sadism94113492sadis_m
sadistic1148372sadistic
saints65122422sa_ints
sarodists1056592sarodists
sawdusts1242332sawdusts
schists1248542schists
sexists14267672sexists
shists96515112s_hists
statists8310162statists
tanists7313652tanists
tsarists857302tsarists
waists97415452wa_ists

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit107671293.56330219.2
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691294.06343980.1
 
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