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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 “melodramatist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
melodramatist1824284(None) 
melodramatise18263131melodramatise
melodramatists19232371melodramatists
melodramatic1962682melodramati_c
melodramatics2062062melodramatics
melodramatised20242542melodramatised
melodramatises19253012melodramatises
melodramatize27262962melodramatize
melodramas1553103melodrama__s_
melodramatising2171573melodramatising
melodramatized29252673melodramatized
melodramatizes28212903melodramatizes
dramatist1258424____dramatist
melodrama1453664melodrama____
melodramatizing3071704melodramatizing
monodramatic1963124monodramati_c
dramatise1247315____dramatise
dramatists1365715____dramatists
epigrammatist20122525_epigrammatist
melodist1149745melod_____ist
memorialist1556565memo_r_ialist
monodramas1553705monodrama__s_

Search took 13 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1247902211.76310608.7
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912212.18514664.8
 
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