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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 “optimists” 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.

36 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
optimists134529(None) 
opticists1346421opticists
optimises1346081optimises
optimisms1555221optimisms
optimist1256871optimist_
intimists1147492intimists
opticist1248922opticist_
optimise1255582optimis_e
optimised1444312optimised
optimism1445212optimis_m
optimistic1654302optimistic
optimizes2245422optimizes
activists1497043activists
animists103010633_animists
atomists102610963_atomists
atticists1167943atticists
intimist10410213intimist_
nativists12116253nativists
oghamists1543033oghamists
opiumisms1542633opiumisms
opticians1345543opticians
optimes1148473optim__es
optimising1544493optimising
optimize2145503optimi_ze
optimized2344963optimized
optimizer2244123optimizer
optimizers2343023optimizers
optimums1442563optim_ums
otitises839163o_titises
palmists12268813_palmists
polemists1348603polemists
routinists1046093routinists
satirists958923satirists
totemists1146373totemists
vorticists1546073vorticists
zootomists2144433zootomists

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641366.48322927.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.92225814.9
 
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