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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formelanists” 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.

16 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
melanists114862(None) 
melanisms1348651melanisms
melanist10313051melanist_
mechanists1745892mechanists
medalists1249372medalists
melanics1237732melani_cs
melanins10310382melani_ns
melanism1239362melanis_m
melanistic1445872melanistic
melanite10512022melani_te
melanites11410722melanites
melanizes20410382melanizes
melanoses1147292melanoses
melanosis1145572melanosis
melodists1246632melodists
metalists11412662metalists

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121436163.71632679.2
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691163.85946305.0