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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 “catechists” 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.

27 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
catechists174446(None) 
catechises1744911catechises
catechisms1944271catechisms
catechist1656801catechist_
catecheses1743812catecheses
catechesis1743242catechesis
catechins1646642catechi_ns
catechise1644942catechis_e
catechised1843112catechised
catechism1844732catechis_m
catechistic1753132catechistic
catechizes2644342catechizes
careerists1245143careerists
catchiest1638313cat_chiest_
catechin1546813catechi__n
catechising1953543catechising
catechismal2061603catechismal
catechize2544473catechi_ze
catechized2743473catechized
catechizer2643153catechizer
catechizers2752243catechizers
catechols1655053catech_ols
catechus1544823catech__us
halachists18174433halachists
masochists1744103masochists
putschists1752543putschists
tachists1348183__tachists

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603277.20319520.1
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.62223444.1
 
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