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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 “catechises” 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.

33 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
catechises174491(None) 
catecheses1743811catecheses
catechise1644941catechise_
catechised1843111catechised
catechisms1944271catechisms
catechists1744461catechists
catechizes2644341catechizes
catechesis1743242catechesis
catechins1646642catechi_ns
catechism1844722catechis_m
catechist1656802catechis_t
catechize2544472catechize_
catechized2743472catechized
catechizer2643142catechizer
catechizers2752232catechizers
caleches15269933calech__es
cartelises1247683carte_lises
catachreses1872513catachreses
catches144320773cat_ch__es
catchier15329863cat_chi_er
catchiest1638313cat_chiest
catechin1546813catechi__n
catechising1953543catechising
catechismal2061603catechismal
catechistic1753133catechistic
catechols1655053catech_ols
catechumen1951973catechumen
catechumens2051343catechumens
catechus1544823catech__us
categorises1454333categorises
cateresses1248353cateresses
rachises131412413ra__chises
techies12513603__techi_es

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 Filter1786911406030.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit140603336.31322272.0
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.71626606.8
 
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