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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 “catachresis” 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.

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
catachresis186203(None) 
catachreses1872521catachreses
catachrestic1861392catachrestic
cataphoresis1961832cataphoresis
catechesis1743242catech_esis
cataphoreses1952123cataphoreses
catecheses1743813catech_eses
anacrusis1143894_anac_rusis
catachrestical2081074catachrestical
cataclysms1952134catac_lysms
catalexis1844954cata__lexis
catalysis1445874cata__lysis
cataphoretic2162144cataphoretic
catchers153114064cat_ch_e_rs
catches144320774cat_ch_e__s
catchiest1638314cat_chies_t
catchments1944454cat_chments
catechises1744914catech_ises
catechisms1944274catech_isms
catechists1744464catech_ists
cateress102311614cat__eres_s
catharsis1444484cat__harsis
cathexis2045754cat__h_exis
matchless1644684mat_chles_s
metathesis1544154metath_esis
natriuresis1151044natriuresis
parcheesis17174054pa_rcheesis
parchesis16318214pa_rch_esis

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148819289.39315843.6
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691289.85918124.7
 
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