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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 “photojournalist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

15 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
photojournalist278149(None) 
photojournalism2981421photojournalism
journalist1755005_____journalist
parajournalism2571575p_arajournalism
photomurals1853395photo_mur_al_s_
emotionalist14146876emot_io__nalist
journalism1953876_____journalism
journalists1853636_____journalists
parajournalisms2671356p_arajournalisms
pastoralist1357466past__o_r_alist
paternalist1358596p_at___ernalist
phenomenalist2064056ph__enomenalist
photomural1754016photo_mur_al___
photoresist1656416phot__o_r_esist
pictorialist1675376pict__o_rialist

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024156.96613641.1
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691157.34224338.2
 
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