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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 “mechanism” 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
mechanism184656(None) 
mechanisms1945721mechanisms
mechanist1648741mechanist
mechanic1747612mechani_c
mechanics1845982mechanics
mechanists1745892mechanists
mechanize2547072mechanize
melanism1239362me_lanism
archaism1547103archa_ism
charism14712203__charism
echoism1447363_ech_oism
lechayim1842263lechayi_m
lechayims1951943lechayims
machinist1648483machinist
machoism1746393mach_oism
mechanical19115733mechanical
mechanistic2054373mechanistic
mechanized2745883mechanized
mechanizer2645043mechanizer
mechanizes2646773mechanizes
meconium1447313mec_onium
melanisms1348653me_lanisms
melanist10313053me_lanist
mentalism13511643mentalism
merchandise1952853merchandise
merchants1646213merchants_
messianism1453723messianism
methanes133812163methanes_
methodism1745233methodism
pechans14810503pechan_s_
tectonism1346203tectonism
veganism1446443ve_ganism

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641327.62619491.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.81222873.9
 
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