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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 “anarchist” 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
anarchist144756(None) 
anarchism1645651anarchism
anarchists1545191anarchists
anarchic1546852anarchi_c
anarchies1448182anarchies
anarchisms1744802anarchisms
anarchistic1853802anarchistic
anarchs1237092anarch_s_
monarchist1755242monarchist
narcist9512442_narc_ist
alarmist1049123alar_mist
analogist10410233analogist
anarch11310393anarch___
anarchical1754493anarchical
anarchy1544933anarch__y
anatomist11119263anatomist
archaist1349863__archaist
halachist17136603hala_chist
inarches1358043inarches_
inarching1546343inarching
monarchism1954023monarchism
monarchists1853613monarchists
narcism1188733_narc_ism
narcists1078113_narc_ists
parchisi15368933_parchisi
snatchiest1545153snatchiest
starchiest1547183starchiest
tachist12613293_ta_chist

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641287.54619698.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.99822342.0
 
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