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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 “machinist” 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.

32 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
machinist164848(None) 
machinists1745311machinists
machines15312892machines_
machining1746932machining
mechanist1648742mechanist
achiest12315183_achi_est
achiness1339703_achiness
actinism12119883_actinism
activist13109483_activist
alpinist1059153_alpinist
archivist1745493archivist
declinist1247653declinist
kachinas1736343kachinas_
machinate1647953machinate
machine14313493machin__e
machined1637303machin_ed
machinery1943093machinery
machoism1746393mach_oism
magazinist2252903magazinist
malihinis1443833malihinis_
mammonist12227143mammonist
martinis103311613martinis_
masculinist1593663masculinist
mechanism1846563mechanism
mechanists1745893mechanists
pachisis15268823pachisis_
pacifist1548093pac_ifist
rachitis1348353rachitis_
tachinid1446243tachini_d
tachinids1544043tachinids
tachist12613293tach__ist
tahinis1048013ta_hinis_

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641327.78019105.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.21921741.2
 
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