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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 “mesmerism” 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.

27 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
mesmerism124480(None) 
mesmerise1345841mesmerise
mesmerisms1344141mesmerisms
mesmerist1346591mesmerist
mesmeric1445812mesmeri_c
mesmerised1543872mesmerised
mesmerises1445822mesmerises
mesmerists1444062mesmerists
mesmerize2246032mesmerize
metamerism1354772metamerism
asterism10413273_asterism
chimerism1854953chimerism
dimerism1347213_dimerism
hermetism1646643hermetism
hetaerism1445413hetaerism
isomerism1344873isomerism
mannerism1355943mannerism
meliorism1346233meliorism
memorise121411433me_morise
mercerise1356413mercerise
mesmerising1643933mesmerising
mesmerized2444863mesmerized
mesmerizer2344093mesmerizer
mesmerizes2345993mesmerizes
mesomeres1347193mesomeres_
metamerisms1453903metamerisms
trimerism1345693trimerism

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641276.86021667.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.29624491.6
 
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