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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 “pictorialists” 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.

25 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
pictorialists177411(None) 
pictorialisms1984581pictorialisms
pictorialist1675371pictorialist_
pictorialism1864952pictorialis_m
pictorializes2653452pictorializes
editorialists1463413editorialists
pastoralists1454953pastor_alists
pictorialize2553583pictoriali_ze
pictorialized2753023pictorialized
pictorialness1762523pictorialness
pictorials1445493pictorial___s
editorialist1364654editorialist_
historicists1752654histori_cists
immoralists1554764_immor_alists
imperialists16105404_imperialists
literalists1148074li_ter_alists
materialists1456984_materialists
memorialists1654664_memorialists
pastoralisms1654944pastor_alisms
pastoralist1357464pastor_alist_
paternalists1456164p_aternalists
pictorial1348404pictorial____
pictorializing2863184pictorializing
pictorially1854814pictorial__ly
pictorialnesses1962144pictorialnesses

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit95024255.14018487.2
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.50232477.5
 
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