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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 “archivist” 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
archivist174549(None) 
archivists1853911archivists
activist13109482a_ctivist
archaist1349862arch_aist
archives16399552archives_
archiving1844762archiving
archivolt1753342archivolt
achiest12315193a_chi_est
activism15117083a_ctivism
activists1497043a_ctivists
alchemist1645923alchemist
archaise1348473arch_aise
archaism1547103arch_aism
archaists1446583arch_aists
archils12510533archi_ls_
archines133815253archines_
archings14499863archings_
architect1644683architect
archival1645783archiv_al
archive154610483archiv__e
archived17355993archiv_ed
archivolts1852173archivolts
archpriest1743033archpriest
arriviste1242733ar_riviste
machinist1648483machinist
orchitis1346423orchitis_
parchisis16318573parchisis_
rachitis1348353rachitis_

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641287.42020032.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.87622688.0
 
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