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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 “ministry” 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.

58 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
ministry138579(None) 
minister10410362minister
ministers1139622ministers
tanistry1144542tanistry
aminity12310513amini_t_y
artistry1144453artistry
dentistry1342493dentistry
dinitro845563dini_tro
gyniatry1541863gyniatry
incisory1353863_incisory
industry1243573_industry
janisary1843623janisary
mainstay1344023main_stay
midstory1445103mi_dstory
miliary1249463mili_ary
military1347233military
mimicry1643493mimi_cry
minatory1338553minatory
miniature1145263miniature
minibar11106133minibar_
minibars1296553minibars
minicar11109313minicar_
minicars12118513minicars
minify1439253mini__fy
minipark1643543minipark
minis75432993minis___
minish115216303minis__h
minished1437873minished
minishes13310583minishes
miniski1344483minis_ki
miniskirt1553523miniskirt
miniskis1444453miniskis
ministate1147263ministate
ministered1344963ministered
ministrant1255803ministrant
ministries1247563ministries
miniver1238393miniver_
minivers1337483minivers
minster93914323min_ster
minsters103813923min_sters
minstrel1046913min_strel
minty106323903min__t_y
misentry1345773misentry
misery114113543m__isery
missilry1344653missilry
misty106120453m__ist_y
moistly1236613m_oistly
monastery1444373monastery
monist84324983monist__
monistic12311303monistic
monists93614783monist_s
monitory1347853monitory
papistry1543723papistry
registry1244633registry
sinister838583sinister
sinisterly1352663sinisterly
sinistral944683sinistral
wintry12498923win__try

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162586.48622535.0
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691586.93625762.8
 
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