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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 “legalistic” 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.

32 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
legalistic134527(None) 
legalist9512392legalist__
legalists1047942legalist_s
realistic1148552re_alistic
annalistic1276443annalistic
cabalistic1645713cabalistic
dualistic1246103_dualistic
egoistic1147103_eg_oistic
egotistic1246133_egotistic
fatalistic1546713fatalistic
feudalistic1753403feudalistic
idealistic1344703idealistic
legalise949493legalis__e
legalised1145843legalis_ed
legalises1038563legalis_es
legalising1245743legalising
legalism1148583legalis__m
legalisms1247163legalis_ms
legalities1148913legali_ties
legality1237623legali_t_y
liberalistic1653903liberalistic
literalistic1454413literalistic
logistic1147823log__istic
megalithic1852623megalithic
melanistic1445873melanistic
mentalistic1555983mentalistic
moralistic1446803moralistic
pluralistic1554053pluralistic
pugilistic1553463pugilistic
totalistic1246593totalistic
verbalistic1853863verbalistic
vitalistic1545863vitalistic

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603325.59325139.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.01529707.6
 
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