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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 “melanistic” 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.

28 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
melanistic144587(None) 
melanitic1346711melani_tic
mechanistic2054372mechanistic
melanist10313052melanist__
melanists1148622melanist_s
melanotic1345392melan_otic
cladistic1445683_cladistic
elastic93013393_ela__stic
feministic1745343feministic
hedonistic1644543hedonistic
humanistic1744393humanistic
legalistic1345273legalistic
melanic11310403melan___ic
melanism1239363melanis__m
melanisms1348653melanis_ms
melanite10512033melani_t_e
melanites11410733melani_tes
melanosis1145573melanos_is
melioristic1554503melioristic
mentalistic1555983mentalistic
meristic12311253me__ristic
monistic12311303m__onistic
moralistic1446803moralistic
onanistic1147373_onanistic
pianistic1347173_pianistic
realistic1148553re_alistic
selenitic1156913seleni_tic
urbanistic1443923urbanistic

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603286.80020676.9
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691287.20324807.9
 
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