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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 “sectarians” 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.

30 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
sectarians124583(None) 
sectarian1147531sectarian_
sectarianism16173842sectarianism
sectaries11312242sectari_es
sectorials1286522sectorials
septarian1146942septarian_
suctorians12114722suctorians
cercarians1444783cercarians
cesarians1146363ce_sarians
nectarean1142913nectarean_
nectarial1147103nectaria_l
nectaries1149823nectari_es
nectarine1146983nectari_ne
nectarines1246893nectarines
sanitarians1146243sanitarians
seatrains947603seatrai_ns
secretariats1452563secretariats
sectarianisms17203683sectarianisms
sectarianize2362773sectarianize
sectarianizes2462543sectarianizes
sections102714703sect__ions
sectorial111110013sectoria_l
sectoring1239583sectori_ng
seminarians1355143seminarians
septaria1047413septaria__
sextains15246813sexta_i_ns
sextarius1644213sextari_us
suctorian11106503suctorian_
unitarians1046083unitarians
vegetarians1553843vegetarians

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 Filter1786911406030.890200776.4
2DLD Change Limit140603308.19017167.6
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691309.09319651.5
 
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