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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 “excursionists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

24 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
excursionists228272(None) 
excursionist2173201excursionist_
exclusionists2263332exclusionists
exclusionist2154093exclusionist_
excursions1944323excursion___s
expansionists2292733expansionists
extortionists2074383extortionists
percussionists18102543percussionists
accordionists1861494accordionists
diversionists1763254diversionists
educationists1654344educationists
elocutionists1554314elocu_tionists
exclusivists2461724exclusi_vists
excursion1844614excursion____
excursiveness2554564excursivenes_s
expansionisms2482474expansionisms
expansionist2183434expansionist_
expressionists2363094expressionists
extortionist1975314extortionist_
fusionists1354474__fu_sionists
illusionists1253674illu_sionists
percussionist17123364percussionist_
perfusionists1863114perfu_sionists
secessionists1463334secessionists

Search took 6 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 Limit95024245.18618323.2
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691245.56232127.1
 
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