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

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88 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
botanist1041203(None) 
botanise1039641botanise
botanists1148201botanists
botanic1159582botani_c
botanica1295722botanica
botanies10312852botanies
botanised1246392botanised
botanises1139162botanises
botanize1948752botanize
lutanist8410272lutanist
onanist7314632_onanist
satanist8313372satanist
tanist6324602__tanist
totalist8315582totalist
votarist111012162votarist
womanist13410432womanist
atavist10311093_atavist
banish111416043b__anish
bigamist1347063bigamist
boarish123911913bo_arish
boast75935703bo_a__st
boatlift1344683boatlift
bogans95714813bogan_s_
bonacis11310323bonacis_
bongoist1147643bongoist
boniest93318993bo__niest
bonniest10310773bo_nniest
boranes93720403boranes_
botanical1366073botanical
botanicas1365253botanicas
botanising1345953botanising
botanized2147283botanized
botanizer2046243botanizer
botanizes2048423botanizes
botany1139263botan__y
botas75328783bota__s_
botchiest1636153botchiest
botulism1246473botulism
boyarism1546393boyarism
butanes9312743butanes_
colonist102617933colonist
cotans81317923cotan_s_
etatist7415033_etatist
fatalist11314973fatalist
geobotanist1452973geobotanist
hornist102314823ho_rnist
humanist13410493humanist
iotacism1246893iotacism
localist101613963localist
loyalist111511133loyalist
lutanists966843lutanists
lutenist8610663lutenist
melanist10313053melanist
metalist10519353metalist
monist84324983mo__nist
moralist10316663moralist
motorist10314413motorist
nonbotanist1354603nonbotanist
obtains939163obtains_
onanism9310133_onanism
onanists838413_onanists
oralist7619633_oralist
organist9411543organist
paganist11411813paganist
pianist9615103_pianist
romanise10312133romanise
routinist949493routinist
royalist111311983royalist
satanism1039673satanism
satanists948233satanists
sitarist8315283sitarist
sodalist9311883sodalist
statist7317723_statist
tanists7313653__tanists
tetanise8610203tetanise
titanism1048213titanism
totalise8312503totalise
totalism10311093totalism
totalists9310753totalists
totemist1049033totemist
urbanist10109073urbanist
vitalist11313393vitalist
vocalist131512123vocalist
votarists1298603votarists
womanise1348733womanise
womanish1646823womanish
womanism1548113womanism
womanists1446763womanists

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162887.98618302.3
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691888.46921099.4
 
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