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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 “catechist” 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
catechist165680(None) 
catechise1644941catechise
catechism1844721catechism
catechists1744461catechists
catchiest1638312cat_chiest
catechin1546812catechi_n
catechins1646642catechins
catechised1843112catechised
catechises1744912catechises
catechisms1944272catechisms
catechistic1753132catechistic
catechize2544472catechize
catechus1544822catechus_
caleches15269943caleches_
careerist1148793careerist
catches144320773cat_ches_
catchier15329863cat_chier
catching163712773cat_ching
catecheses1743813catecheses
catechesis1743243catechesis
catechising1953543catechising
catechismal2061603catechismal
catechized2743473catechized
catechizer2643143catechizer
catechizes2644343catechizes
catechol1544613catech_ol
catechols1655053catechols
catechu1444473catech__u
halachist17136603halachist
masochist1645583masochist
patchiest1638353pat_chiest
putschist1644183putschist
tachist12613293__tachist
techiest1359833__techiest

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641347.42320024.4
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.85922737.1
 
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