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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 “defeatist” 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.

35 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
defeatist135660(None) 
defeatism1544411defeatism
defeatists1443421defeatists
defeating142311972defeating
defeatisms1643172defeatisms
defeats113511232defeat_s_
detentist1049322detentist
decentest1249083decentest
defats105114553def_at_s_
defeat103817163defea___t
defeated132812163defeat_ed
defeater122611663defeat_er
defeaters13289103defeaters
defeature1344333defeature
defecates1538593defecates_
defecating17237783defecating
defecation1679803defecation
defecting162510223defecting
defection151610643defection
defective1848003defective
defects134511523defect_s_
deflates123013943deflates_
deflating142610713deflating
deflation13310653deflation
deftest112611713def__test
demotist11311843de_motist
dentist8316743d__entist
detentists1145503detentists
dogmatist1345723dogmatist
dramatist1258423dramatist
duettist945513d_uettist
etatist7415033_e_tatist
featest102715113__featest
leftist10279353lef__tist
vegetist1257393vege_tist

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641356.14324196.8
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.57627173.2
 
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