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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 “scientist” 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.

28 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
scientist114722(None) 
scientism1345241scientism
scientists1244961scientists
sciential1146322sciential
scientisms1444552scientisms
scientize2044372scientize
alienist8411993alien_ist
ancientest1255373ancientest
bioscientist1662603bioscientist
centrist10314863_c_entrist
dentist8316743__dentist
detentist1049323detentist
geoscientist1562273geoscientist
nonscientist1474143nonscientist
pietist9414033_pie_tist
quietist1767493quie_tist
scantest101710183sc_antest
scantiest112611003sc_antiest
scenarist1147823sc_enarist
scenting113212813sc_enting
scents85317023sc_ent_s_
sciences1238773sciences_
scientific17102123scientific
scientized2243623scientized
scientizes2144453scientizes
sciolist10410233sci_olist
silentest948103silentest
spiritist1148093spiritist

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit148641288.59317297.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691289.15519518.4
 
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