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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 “characteristicsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
characteristics2171121characteristics_
characteristic2071772characteristic__
characteries1974965character___ies_
characterizes2962855characteri__zes_
characterizing3161705characteri_zi_ng
charactering2053716character___i_ng
characterize2863256character___i_ze
characterized3062376character___ized
characterless2061426character___less
characters1745506character_____s_
arteritis949757__ar__teri_ti_s_
arthritics1545267__ar__thri_tics_
careerists1245137c_ar__eerist__s_
caricaturists1762647c_aricaturist__s_
catachrestic1861397c_atac_hrestic__
catachrestical2081077c_atac_hrestical
character1645887character_______
charactered1952877character_____ed
characterful2261477character____ful
charactery2043427character______y
charcuteries1993157charcuter___ies_
chartists14126807char__t__ist__s_
clavieristic1961857c__lavieristic__
climacterics1761447climacter___ics_
karateists1443017_kara_te_ist__s_
patristics14105787___pa_t_ristics_

Search took 9 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024268.61011036.5
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.98619885.5
 
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