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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 “alchemies” 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.

26 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
alchemies165483(None) 
alchemizes2653211alchemizes
alchymies1942881alchymies
alchemic1745252alchemi_c
alchemist1645922alchemist
alchemists1744542alchemists
alchemize2553302alchemize
alchemized2752812alchemized
archeries14411222archeries
academies1444683academies
achenes12313493a_che_nes
alchemical1954423alchemical
alchemy1743113alchem__y
anchovies1745753anchovies
archenemies1852633archenemies
asthenies1278063asthenies
cachexies2364163cachexies
chemics16349583__chemics
chemise143211503__chemise
chemises153211983__chemises
chevies153511443__chevies
gaucheries1644543gaucheries
hatcheries1846523hatcheries
ischemias1644183ischemias
lecheries1449073lecheries
schemes1489663_schem_es

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641267.00021234.4
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691267.42024082.3
 
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