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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 “silviculturist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

21 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
silviculturist197284(None) 
silviculturists2082361silviculturists
silvicultures1873122silvicultures_
aviculturist17134693__aviculturist
citriculturist1873503citriculturist
sericulturist15144233s_ericulturist
silvicultural1872833silvicultur_al
silviculture1762803silvicultur__e
sylvicultures2162633sylvicultures_
viticulturist1863623vi_ticulturist
agriculturist1694214_agriculturist
apiculturist16134574__apiculturist
aviculturists18143524__aviculturists
citriculturists1972784citriculturists
floriculturist19102864floriculturist
horticulturist1993564horticulturist
mariculturist1764284_mariculturist
sericulturists16133344s_ericulturists
silviculturally2381884silviculturally
sylviculture2062294sylvicultur__e
viticulturists1972984vi_ticulturists

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit65874213.15620872.6
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691213.51550836.7
 
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