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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 “meliorist” 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.

26 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
meliorist114846(None) 
meliorism1346231meliorism
meliorists1245981meliorists
meliorisms1445552meliorisms
melioristic1554502melioristic
melodist1149742mel_odist
memoirist1345982memoirist
colorist102818993col_orist
elitist7414913_eli_tist
florist10314243_fl_orist
meiosis939023me_iosis_
melanist10313053mel_anist
meliorate1179483meliorate
mellowest1445123mellowest
melodise1147593mel_odise
melodists1246633mel_odists
memoirists1444133memoirists
memorise121411433me_morise
mesmerist1346593mesmerist
methodist1547023methodist
metrist9317063me__trist
militarist1278913militarist
motorist10314413m_otorist
tenorist8413023te_norist
terrorist988563terrorist
welfarist1544833welfarist

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641266.81321817.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.24924650.4
 
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