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

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91 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
legalism114858(None) 
legalise949491legalise
legalisms1247161legalisms
legalist9512391legalist
legalese954752legalese
legalised1145842legalised
legalises1038562legalises
legalists1047942legalists
legality1237622legality
legalize1839102legalize
legals73412732legal_s_
localism121310012localism
loyalism13167572loyalism
realism93115922re_alism
veganism1446442veganism
argalis84214193argalis_
baalism11310593_baalism
begalls10319163begalls_
cabalism14310143cabalism
degamis11268443degamis_
dualism1049163_dualism
egalite8311563_egalite
egoism977473_eg_oism
egotism1038353_egotism
etatism9610293_etatism
fatalism13310483fatalism
feudalism1554673feudalism
finalism133010363finalism
globalism1445273globalism
hegaris11310433hegaris_
herbalism1647583herbalism
idealism1147013idealism
kabalism1647043kabalism
leftism12226093le_ftism
legacies1139043legacies
legal65715943legal___
legaleses1044393legaleses
legalising1245743legalising
legalistic1345273legalistic
legalized2047523legalized
legalizer1946323legalizer
legalizes1938673legalizes
legally1138133legal_ly
legates82917683legates_
legatine91311403legatine
legating102313113legating
legation92412933legation
legatos82711183legatos_
legist71315253leg__ist
legless838013leg_less
leglike12136843leg_like
lehayim1541973lehayi_m
lehayims1641743lehayims
liberalism1447043liberalism
literalism1248853literalism
localise101511853localise
localisms13148733localisms
localist101613963localist
loyalisms14156623loyalisms
loyalist111511133loyalist
medalist11414213medalist
megalith1448243megalith
melanism1239363melanism
mentalism13511643mentalism
metalise10416053metalise
metalist10519353metalist
moralism12312363moralism
nasalism1048203nasalism
oralism9513763_oralism
organism1148393organism
paganism1369113paganism
penalise101013763penalise
pluralism1346123pluralism
ptyalism15115793ptyalism
pugilism13144683pugilism
realise73021813re_alise
realisms102212163re_alisms
realist73225383re_alist
regales83520793regales_
regalia839223regali_a
regaling10315363regaling
regality1249313regality
royalism13128473royalism
ruralism1048533ruralism
serialism11811983serialism
teratism10312173teratism
totalism10311093totalism
veganisms1545413veganisms
verbalism1647373verbalism
vitalism1339683vitalism
vocalism15159043vocalism

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162917.45319611.2
3Display Results91910.0461978.3
 (SQL Overall)178691917.92222556.3
 
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