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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
bioethicist185297(None) 
bioethicists1961991bioethicists
bioethics1643842bioethic_s_
bioethic1544693bioethic___
bioethical1753743bioethic_al
ethicist1347893___ethicist
kineticist1654833kinet_icist
biblicist1544864bi__blicist
bimetallist1553374bimetallist
biochemist1955034bio_chemist
biometrician18103424biometrician
biometrics1647194biometric_s_
biophysicist24102154biophysicist
biotics113812174bio_t_ic_s_
eroticist11712074ero_t_icist
ethicists1445444___ethicists
exoticist1887994exo_t_icist
geneticist1356714genet_icist
gothicism1743794_go_thicism
kineticists1753344kinet_icists
opticist1248924__opt_icist
poeticism1548334_poet_icism
vorticist1448164_vort_icist

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819238.18618179.7
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691238.62520717.8
 
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