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

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

54 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
acrostics134698(None) 
acrostic1239941acrostic_
acoustics1344602acoustics
acrobatics16105292acrobatics
acrostical1445832acrostical
acrotic112515542acro_tic_
agnostics1244462agnostics
abrosias1049053abros_ias
accosting1446733accosting
accosts11107993accost__s
acoustic1246443acoustic_
acrasias1048903acras_ias
acrasins1039973acras_ins
acrobatic1587733acrobatic_
acroleins1145543acroleins
acroliths1445123acroliths
acronic112814693acro_nic_
acrosomes1347843acrosomes
acrospire1343983acrospire
acrospires1444083acrospires
across8312643acros___s
acrotism1248223acro_tism
acrotisms1347503acro_tisms
acrylics1584363acr_ylics
aerobatics1465813aerobatics
aerobics1246833aero_bics
aerostatics1354393aerostatics
aerostats946723aerostats
agnostic1146713agnostic_
agrestic1147923agrestic_
anoretics1148653anoretics
aoristic10311163aoristic_
apostils1046773a_postils
aprotic112715243apro_tic_
arctics1138953a_r_ctics
aromatics13410903a_romatics
autistics1147003autistics
carotids11229953caro_tids
carotins102315583caro_tins
caustics1237483_caustics
clastics122811413_clastics
cretics112911653_cr_etics
critics112811093_cr_itics
crossties1139023_crossties
crostini1038293_crostini
crostino1038883_crostino
eristics10610193_eristics
erotics91914153_ero_tics
gnostics1146323_gnostics
narcotics1374923narco_tics
patristics14105783patristics
prosties101421193_prosties
rustics9810733__rustics
sacristies1276033sacristies

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641547.51619776.6
3Display Results54540.0301800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691547.96622431.7
 
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