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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 “sociolinguistica” 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.

20 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
sociolinguistic2081501sociolinguistic_
sociolinguist1661663sociolinguist___
sociolinguists1771463sociolinguist__s
nonlinguistic1662555no__nlinguistic_
crosslinguistic2081086crosslinguistic_
extralinguistic2581386extralinguistic_
linguistic1354466_____linguistic_
linguistical1572736_____linguistical
linguistics1452986_____linguistics
metalinguistic19141866_metalinguistic_
metalinguistics20111476_metalinguistics
paralinguistic1971876_paralinguistic_
paralinguistics2071496_paralinguistics
psycholinguist25163066psycholinguist___
psycholinguists26182406psycholinguist__s
sciolistic1446596s_ciol____istic_
socialistic1565816social____istic_
sociologist1449886sociol_og_ist___
sociologists1547946sociol_og_ist__s
violinistic1653086__violin__istic_

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874204.97013254.3
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691205.29633740.7
 
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