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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 “heraldist” 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.

30 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
heraldist134640(None) 
heraldists1443951heraldists
heraldic1445162heraldi_c
heralding1435772heralding
heralds1137712herald_s_
herbalist1449812herbal_ist
aerialist9914263aerial_ist
ceramist12310933cera_mist
hagadist1347603haga_dist
headiest123015553he_a_diest
herald10311343herald___
heralded1335443herald_ed
heraldries1443973heraldries
heraldry1542803herald_ry
herbalism1647583herbal_ism
herbalists1546193herbal_ists
hermetist1448953hermetist
legalist9512393legal_ist
medalist11414213medal_ist
medallist1246643medallist
metalist10519353metal_ist
metallist1159673metallist
moralist10316663moral_ist
muralist10312983mural_ist
oralist7619633_oral_ist
realist73225383re_al_ist
ruralist8311703rural_ist
serialist9715113serial_ist
therapist1447083thera_pist
verbalist1449503verbal_ist

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641308.36017780.0
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691308.79620315.0
 
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