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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 “optimist” 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.

43 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
optimist125687(None) 
opticist1248921opticist
optimise1255581optimise
optimism1445211optimism
optimists1345291optimists
intimist10410212intimist
opticists1346422opticists
optimes1148472optimes_
optimised1444312optimised
optimises1346082optimises
optimisms1555222optimisms
optimistic1654292optimistic
optimize2145502optimize
activist13109483activist
animist93815173_animist
atomist92915763_atomist
atticist10811343atticist
intimists1147493intimists
nativist11118683nativist
oghamist1444753oghamist
opiumism1442893opiumism
optician1247243optician
optics102810183opti_cs_
optima10106533optim__a
optimal1145783optim_al
optime1079353optim__e
optimising1544493optimising
optimized2344963optimized
optimizer2244123optimizer
optimizes2245423optimizes
optimum1343353optim_um
optimums1442563optimums
options93810603options_
otitis63612343o_titis_
outmost9511213out_most
palmist112814343_palmist
polemist12412363polemist
routinist949493routinist
satirist8313503satirist
totemist1049033totemist
uptimes1177553uptimes_
vorticist1448163vorticist
zootomist2045863zootomist

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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162437.39319770.3
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691437.57623586.5
 
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