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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 “mechanisms” 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.

30 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
mechanisms194572(None) 
mechanism1846561mechanism_
mechanists1745891mechanists
mechanics1845982mechani_cs
mechanist1648742mechanis_t
mechanizes2646772mechanizes
melanisms1348652me_lanisms
archaisms1646073archa_isms
charisms15710263__charisms
echoisms1546143_ech_oisms
lechayims1951943lechayi_ms
machinists1745313machinists
machoisms1845193mach_oisms
mechanic1747613mechani__c
mechanical19115733mechanical
mechanicals2093753mechanicals
mechanistic2054373mechanistic
mechanize2547073mechani_ze
mechanized2745883mechanized
mechanizer2645043mechanizer
mechanizers2753533mechanizers
meconiums1545293mec_oniums
melanism1239363me_lanism_
melanists1148623me_lanists
mentalisms1449313mentalisms
merchandises2072893merchandises
messianisms1553393messianisms
methodisms1844563methodisms
tectonisms1445573tectonisms
veganisms1545413ve_ganisms

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603305.87623928.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.29828372.7
 
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