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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 “acidic” 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.

36 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
acidic11361213(None) 
acinic104713541acinic
amidic114012871amidic
accidia1246992accidia
accidie1247732accidie
acedia9310392acedia
acetic10314502acetic
acid77533392acid__
acidify1645242acidify
acidity1338592acidity
acidly125211792acidly
acidotic1355982acidotic
acids87121002acid_s
acidy117214892acid_y
acini75718982acini_
aclinic11188972aclinic
acmic11312332ac_mic
actinic111810552actinic
adipic1137262adipic
aecidia1047282aecidia
amidin94015672amidin
aminic104413512aminic
anisic8313792anisic
anodic92813132anodic
ascidia1046682ascidia
ascitic1139322ascitic
asdic83814092a_sdic
avidin103510842avidin
civic123412542_civic
diacidic1444062diacidic
fatidic1345722fatidic
imidic11358202imidic
iridic9328742iridic
oxidic1635942oxidic
pacific1646912pacific
unacidic1343432unacidic

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551363.45323907.0
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.59249746.9
 
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