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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 “metafictionists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
metafictionists229181(None) 
metafictionist2191861metafictionist_
metafictions1952653metafiction___s
fictionists1655994____fictionists
metafiction1852844metafiction____
metafictional2071264metafiction__al
perfectionists2164014pe_rfectionists
restrictionists1764084restrictionists
coalitionists1583945_coali_tionists
demolitionists1763475demoli_tionists
destructionists1894225destructionists
deviationists17104745de__viationists
fictionist1558025____fictionist_
intuitionists1363895int_ui_tionists
nutritionists1393705nut_ri_tionists
perfectionisms2363295pe_rfectionisms
perfectionist2055335pe_rfectionist_
reductionists1654655re__ductionists
repudiationists18212635repudiationists
restrictionisms1963245restrictionisms
restrictionist1665045restrictionist_
selectionists1556025se__lectionists
separationists1664085sepa_rationists

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874234.21615624.8
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691234.54539316.0
 
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