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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 “hobbyist” 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.

28 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
hobbyist184347(None) 
hobbyists1942241hobbyists
lobbyist1543531lobbyist
hobbit132810542hobb_i_t
hobbits14317552hobb_its
lobbyism1742812lobbyism
lobbyists1642192lobbyists
cobbiest14118523cobbiest
copyist1439053co_pyist
hobbers143512343hobbers_
hobbies143813343hobb_ies
hobbing152811123hobb_ing
hobbles143313783hobbles_
hobbling16227583hobbling
hobby155913733hobby___
hoboism1446623ho_boism
hoist86433213ho___ist
holist94723213ho__list
homilist13410033homilist
hornist102314823ho_rnist
howbeit1545663howbei_t
lobbying1633603lobbying
lobbyisms1842413lobbyisms
mobbish1635923mobb_ish
mobbism1535053mobb_ism
nobbiest12117773nobbiest
oboist8312683_o_boist
wobbliest16275333wobbliest

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162288.36017483.5
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691288.76620384.6
 
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