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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 “papist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 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
papist10261875(None) 
papism122211511papism
papists112110451papists
rapist82520671rapist
agist66325582_agist
alist56136782_alist
apish105116632_apish
baptist11311872baptist
harpist12312362harpist
lapis76223152lapis_
maist75535682ma_ist
paciest112917812paciest
padis86227142padis_
paint75443692pa_int
paisa76021072pa_isa
paise75028332pa_ise
palest83926222palest
paliest93021612paliest
palish114718272palish
palmist112814342palmist
papas94927492papas_
papisms13238542papisms
papistic1448732papistic
papistry1543722papistry
pappiest112611122pappiest
paps86443452pap_s_
paris75145942paris_
parish115022352parish
past65959012pa__st
pavis106422732pavis_
pavise114714802pavise
pianist9615102pianist
pipiest113114502pipiest
pipit95224872pipi_t
pipits104713062pipits
popish133812112popish
purist85525052purist
racist82822792racist
rapists92510752rapists
sadist74221352sadist
tanist6324602tanist
tapis75028862tapis_
typist1139822typist
waist86132382wa_ist

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 Filter178691825511.170152727.4
2DLD Change Limit82551446.36012979.7
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.54623680.2
 
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