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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 “ministries” 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.

42 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
ministries124756(None) 
miniseries1246751miniseries
ministates1246742ministates
tanistries1047062tanistries
aminities11312913amini_t_ies
artistries1047253artistries
dentistries1253423dentistries
gyniatries1442973gyniatries
industries1145283_industries
janisaries1744783janisaries
midstories1345653mi_dstories
militaries1249443militaries
mimicries1544763mimi_cries
minestrones1354213minestrones
miniatures1245143miniatures
miniaturizes2362393miniaturizes
minifies13312903mini__fies
miniscules1443203miniscules
minishes13310583minis__hes
miniskirts1651733miniskirts
miniskis1444453minis_ki_s
ministate1147263ministate_
minister10410363minist__er
ministered1344963ministered
ministerial1354543ministerial
ministering1445543ministering
ministers1139623minist_ers
ministrant1255813ministrant
ministrants1353853ministrants
ministry1385793ministr__y
minstrel1046913min_str_el
minstrels1145693min_strels
misentries1247823misentries
miseries10320403m__iseries
missilries1244093missilries
misstrikes1644363mi_sstrikes
monasteries1345943monasteries
monitories1248893monitories
papistries1445193papistries
pinstripes1443973pin_stripes
registries1146493registries
sinistrous1053473sinistrous

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603425.59325139.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691426.02929638.6
 
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