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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 “philistines” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

53 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
philistines165340(None) 
philistine1553671philistine_
philistias1552942philisti_as
philistinism1992512philistinism
philistia1454083philisti__a
philistinisms20112373philistinisms
abilities11714144abili_ti_es
agilities10810974agili_ti_es
anilities9516004anili_ti_es
bhisties1339004bh__isti_es
celestines12136894_celestines
christies1449264ch_risti_es
colistins1149224_colistin_s
guillotines1252074guillotines
hailstones1344984hail_stones
heliclines1544044_heliclines
helictites1544654_helictites
hillsides1344554_hills_ides
histones11312804_h__istones
holystones1655244_holystones
listings93310044___listings
milestones1246374_milestones
millstones1245354_millstones
nihilities1348664nihili_ti_es
oilstones946614_oil_stones
palatines11313034p_al_atines
palliatives1643514palliatives
philippics1851354philippi_cs
philogynies2053254philogynies
philosophes21134434philosophes
philtres1396514phil__t_res
phylesises1843634phyles_ises
pigsties1139784p_i_gsti_es
pilosities1247804p_ilosities
pilotings1234354p_il_otings
piosities11311724p_iositi_es
pipestones1445424p_ipestones
pliskies1475974p__liski_es
polities102722344p_oli_ti_es
predestines1446994predestines
primitives1745624primi_tives
pristanes11410434p__ristanes
pristine10313504p__ristine_
privities14312044privi_ti_es
publishings1951844publishings
pyelitises1544854pyeli_tises
rhinestones1453344rhinestones
rhinitides1443664rhini_tides
siltstones1043874_siltstones
thelitises1354874theli_tises
thirstiness1442694thi_rstiness
utilities9610804utili_ti_es
whinstones1644234whi_nstones

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148819539.17316223.6
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691539.65618505.7
 
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