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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 “mechanist” 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.

29 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
mechanist164874(None) 
mechanism1846561mechanism
mechanists1745891mechanists
machinist1648482machinist
mechanic1747612mechani_c
mechanics1845982mechanics
mechanisms1945722mechanisms
mechanistic2054372mechanistic
mechanize2547072mechanize
melanist10313052me_lanist
archaist1349863archa_ist
declinist1247653declinist
machinists1745313machinists
meanest9315703me__anest
mechanical19115733mechanical
mechanized2745883mechanized
mechanizer2645043mechanizer
mechanizes2646773mechanizes
medalist11414213me_dalist
melanism1239363me_lanism
melanists1148623me_lanists
mentalist11515553mentalist
merchandise1952853merchandise
merchant1548803merchan__t
merchants1646213merchants_
metalist10519353me_talist
methanes133812163methanes_
methodist1547013methodist
pechans14810503pechan_s_

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641296.87621617.4
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.03225411.1
 
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