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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 “aliphatic” 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.

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
aliphatic164534(None) 
acephalic1844943acephalic
adiabatic1443523adiabatic
alphabetic1983223al_phabetic
anaphasic1645423anaphasic
aphasic142810063a__phasic
aphetic142912853a__phetic
aphotic142913123a__photic
asphaltic1644603a_sphaltic
aviatic1239243avi__atic
axiomatic2046993axiomatic
biphasic1744183_biphasic
caliphate1645293caliphat_e
caliphates1745133caliphates
climatic1448733cli_matic
diphasic1645803_diphasic
emphatic1747863_emphatic
epiphanic1844123epiphanic
epiphytic2144383epiphytic
halophytic2354703halophytic
kaliphate1843253kaliphat_e
kaliphates1943033kaliphates
klephtic1942873kleph_tic
lymphatic2144893lymphatic
phatic133014413___phatic

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641257.43619989.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.87522690.9
 
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