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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 “spiritist” 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.

34 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
spiritist114809(None) 
spiritism1345551spiritism
spiritists1244791spiritists
spiriest102513462spiri_est
spiriting1238412spiriting
spiritisms1444852spiritisms
spiritistic1552752spiritistic
spiritoso1142282spiritoso
spirits94112622spirit_s_
empiricist1653353empiricist
iritis63113733__iritis_
pietist9414033_pi_etist
protist9320223_p_rotist
scientist1147223scientist
semitist10413323s_emitist
separatist1247193separatist
shirtiest1239333shirtiest
shivitis1444443shivitis_
spiciest122711613spici_est
spikiest14259543spiki_est
spiniest102813233spini_est
spirit83519923spir__i_t
spirited1148973spirit_ed
spiritless1243743spiritless
spiritous1155023spiritous
spiritual1144253spiritual
spiritualist14114253spiritualist
spirituel1143213spirituel
spirting112913633spir_ting
spirts85317133spir_t_s_
sportiest111711033sportiest
spriest92718653sp_ri_est
sprites94220333sp_rites_
sprits85122533sp_rit_s_

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641346.59322545.3
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691347.01225483.6
 
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