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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 “catechism” 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.

35 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
catechism184472(None) 
catechise1644941catechise
catechisms1944271catechisms
catechist1656801catechist
catechin1546812catechi_n
catechins1646642catechins
catechised1843112catechised
catechises1744912catechises
catechismal2061602catechismal
catechists1744462catechists
catechize2544472catechize
catechus1544822catechus_
autecism1247073autec_ism
caleches15269933caleches_
careerism1345623careerism
casteism1247073caste__ism
cataclysm1842213cataclysm
catches144320773cat_ches_
catchier15329863cat_chier
catchiest1638313cat_chiest
catching163712773cat_ching
catecheses1743813catecheses
catechesis1743243catechesis
catechising1953543catechising
catechistic1753133catechistic
catechized2743473catechized
catechizer2643143catechizer
catechizes2644343catechizes
catechol1544613catech_ol
catechols1655053catechols
catechu1444473catech__u
fetichism1943663fetichism
masochism1844013masochism
parecism1458533parec_ism
tachism1478873__tachism

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641357.28320409.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.71923149.5
 
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