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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 “opticists” 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
opticists134643(None) 
opticist1248921opticist_
optimists1345291optimists
atticists1167942atticists
opticians1345552opticians
optimises1346082optimises
optimisms1555222optimisms
optimist1256872optimist_
vorticists1546082vorticists
activists1497053activists
atticisms1367413atticisms
atticist10811343atticist_
eroticists1278193eroticists
ethicists1445443ethicists
exoticists1945823exoticists
intimists1147493intimists
lyricists14798353lyricists
mosaicists1443993mosaicists
nativists12116253nativists
oiticicas1353303oiticicas
optician1247243optici_an
optics102810183optic___s
optimise1255583optimis_e
optimised1444313optimised
optimism1445213optimis_m
optimistic1654303optimistic
optimizes2245423optimizes
otitises839163o_titises
otocysts1343503o_tocysts
outcasts10108683out_casts
poeticisms1647353poeticisms
routinists1046093routinists
satirists958923satirists
vorticisms1745783vorticisms
vorticist1448173vorticist_

Search took 20 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 Filter1786911486410.843211970.3
2DLD Change Limit1486413518.3008122.5
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)1786913519.1739319.9
 
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