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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 “formalists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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74 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
formalists1521762(None) 
formalises15258991formalises
formalisms17227241formalisms
formalist141910641formalist_
formulists15204701formulists
formalins1447212formali_ns
formalise14239782formalis_e
formalised16266662formalised
formalism16218182formalis_m
formalistic1854342formalistic
formality1746992formali_ty
formalizes242710072formalizes
formulisms17254302formulisms
formulist14205912formulist_
moralists11311102mor_alists
normalises12228502normalises
oralists8611802_or_alists
aerialists1089523aerialists
animalists1258243animalists
arbalists1148483_arbalists
dogmatists1443813dogmatists
fatalists12310023f_atalists
feudalists1454573feudalists
finalists123010163f_inalists
fiscalists1544673fiscalists
focalises14139953fo_calises
foremasts1445793forema__sts
forklifts1941973for_klifts
formalin1347313formali__n
formalising1754863formalising
formalities16137823formalities
formalize232710033formali_ze
formalized25268933formalized
formalizer24257873formalizer
formalizers25255383formalizers
formalness1544833formalness
formals123312893formal___s
formamides1843873formamides
formants13269953forma__nts
formations1538203formations
formatives1846213formatives
formats123113573forma___ts
formless13248083form_les_s
formulism16214423formulis_m
formulizes24255423formulizes
fortalices1545513fortalices
frontlists1344523frontlists
herbalists1546193herbalists
homilists1456813ho_milists
journalists1853633journalists
localists11149793lo_calists
loyalists12137473lo_yalists
moralises11314003mor_alises
moralisms13410293mor_alisms
moralist10316663mor_alist_
muralists1148163mur_alists
neorealists1165283neorealists
normalise11259423normalis_e
normalised13236883normalised
normality1447203normali_ty
normalizes21259643normalizes
oralisms10610973_or_alisms
oralist7619633_or_alist_
organists1047383_organists
realists83014843__realists
royalists12178113ro_yalists
ruralists947643rur_alists
serialists10810363serialists
socialists1248493socialists
sodalists1038153so_dalists
totalists9310753to_talists
verbalists1546153verbalists
vocalists14108893vo_calists
womanists1446763wo_manists

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 Filter1786911406030.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit140603746.14322888.3
3Display Results74740.0302466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691746.34328171.4
 
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