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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 “watercolorists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
watercolorists1915203(None) 
watercolorist18182541watercolorist_
watercolors1652963watercolor___s
bacteriologists2063254bacteriologists
watercolor1552864watercolor____
watercourses1792374waterco_ur_ses
aeronomists1355635_a_er_onomists
bacteriologist1963695bacteriologist_
colorists112313595_____colorists
ecologists13310925___e_cologists
futurologists1773075futur_ologists
gynecologists2053695gyne_cologists
malacologists1854405ma_lacologists
malariologists1773355malariologists
martyrologists2062895martyr_ologists
materialists1456985material__ists
meteorologists1754185meteorologists
metrologists1588835met_r_ologists
necrologists1547875__necrologists
numerologists1664015numer_ologists
osteologists1346765oste__ologists
paleoecologists20124175paleoecologists
papyrologists2154085papyr_ologists
paternalists1456165paternal__ists
pathologists1848375pat__hologists
petrologists1559145pet_r_ologists
pteridologists18133725_pteridologists
serologists12410125__ser_ologists
teleologists1347225__teleologists
teratologists1496595__teratologists
terrorists1085615__ter__rorists
watercoolers1752535waterco_o_lers
watercourse16102385waterco_ur_s_e
watercrafts1952785waterc___rafts
watercress1543385waterc___res_s
waterzoois2253525waterzo_o_i__s

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024365.84316262.9
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.23328668.5
 
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