Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “catechistic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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53 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
catechistic	17	5	313	(None)
catechist	16	5	680	2	catechist__
catechists	17	4	446	2	catechist_s
catachrestic	18	6	139	3	catachrestic
catechesis	17	4	324	3	cateches_is
catechise	16	4	494	3	catechis__e
catechised	18	4	311	3	catechis_ed
catechises	17	4	491	3	catechis_es
catechising	19	5	354	3	catechising
catechism	18	4	472	3	catechis__m
catechismal	20	6	160	3	catechismal
catechisms	19	4	427	3	catechis_ms
masochistic	20	5	325	3	masochistic
activistic	17	4	492	4	act_ivistic
anarchistic	18	5	380	4	anarchistic
archaistic	17	4	507	4	_a_rchaistic
atavistic	14	4	598	4	_at_avistic
atechnic	15	5	440	4	_atech__nic
atheistic	14	4	735	4	_at_heistic
atomistic	13	4	777	4	_at_omistic
cabalistic	16	4	571	4	ca_balistic
cachectic	14	4	320	4	ca__chectic
calcitic	11	4	819	4	ca_lc_i_tic
casuistic	13	4	494	4	ca__suistic
cataclysmic	19	6	167	4	cataclysmic
catchiest	16	3	831	4	cat_chiest__
catecheses	17	4	381	4	cateches_es
catechetical	18	6	326	4	catech_etical
catechin	15	4	681	4	catech___in
catechins	16	4	664	4	catechi__ns
catechization	29	5	399	4	catechization
catechize	25	4	447	4	catechi__ze
catechized	27	4	347	4	catechi_zed
catechizer	26	4	314	4	catechi_zer
catechizers	27	5	223	4	catechizers
catechizes	26	4	434	4	catechi_zes
catechizing	28	5	397	4	catechizing
catechus	15	4	482	4	catechus___
cathartic	16	4	456	4	cat__hartic
cathectic	15	4	524	4	cat__hectic
catheptic	18	4	490	4	cat__heptic
fascistic	16	4	459	4	fa_sc_istic
fatalistic	15	4	671	4	fat_alistic
fetishistic	19	5	253	4	fetishistic
lateritic	11	4	788	4	late_ri_tic
matchstick	23	5	170	4	mat_ch_stick
narcistic	13	4	644	4	na_rc_istic
nativistic	15	5	500	4	nat_ivistic
patristic	13	8	928	4	pat__ristic
rachitic	15	4	759	4	ra__chi_tic
solecistic	14	4	474	4	solec_istic
stochastic	17	5	405	4	_stochastic
totemistic	14	6	432	4	tote_mistic

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	53	8.623	17258.4
3	Display Results	53	53	0.033	1606.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	9.079	19681.8