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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 “cosmetician” 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.

30 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
cosmetician175393(None) 
cosmeticians1863341cosmeticians
cosmeticize2652882cosmeticize
cosmetic1447783cosmetic___
cosmeticized2852113cosmeticized
cosmeticizes2752673cosmeticizes
cosmeticizing2992253cosmeticizing
cosmetics1545463cosmetic__s
acoustician1552814aco_ustician
aesthetician1763364aesthetician
biometrician18103424biometrician
cliometrician1962454cliometrician
comedian1347454co_me__dian
cometic131215724co_metic___
commercial1855284comme_rcial
competition1755774competition
cosmetically2147934cosmetically
cosmical1448014cosm__ic_al
dietician1245424__dietician
econometrician20102504econometrician
esthetician1653644esthetician
geometrician17163934geometrician
logistician1462984logistician
mortician1346994mo__rtician
nonmusician1563484nonmusician
obstetrician1662084obstetrician
optician1247244_o__ptician
osmeteria1153154_osmeteria_
phonetician1853884phonetician
politician1456554po_litician

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819309.31315979.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.74918329.2
 
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