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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 “specialist” 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.

40 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
specialist144834(None) 
specialest1445571specialest
specialise1446601specialise
specialism1646811specialism
specialists1546201specialists
serialist9715112s_erialist
socialist11411392s_ocialist
specialised1654532specialised
specialises1546002specialises
specialisms1745972specialisms
specialistic1854182specialistic
speciality1746332speciality
specialize2347192specialize
specials1238032special_s_
aerialist9914263_aerialist
imperialist15107773imperialist
nonspecialist1793623nonspecialist
racialist11411203_racialist
recitalist1248983_recitalist
sciolist10410233s__ciolist
serialise9912143s_erialise
serialism11811983s_erialism
serialists10810363s_erialists
socialise1148733s_ocialise
socialism1348663s_ocialism
socialists1248493s_ocialists
special11310303special___
specialer1344733special_er
specialising1754013specialising
specialized2545843specialized
specializes2446443specializes
specially1647343special_ly
specialness1554053specialness
specialties1544663specialties
specialty1644303special_ty
speciates13229233speciates_
speciating1548123speciating
speciation1449393speciation
speciesism1652353speciesism
subspecialist1962543subspecialist

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603406.59621316.4
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691407.02925422.0
 
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