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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 “apologetically” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

30 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
apologetically225415(None) 
apolitically1948033apol__itically
abiogenically2163844a_biogenically
alogically1648794a__log__ically
analogically18126284analog__ically
apathetically2356064ap_athetically
aphetically2159254ap___hetically
apodictically2354104apo_dictically
apologetic1544284apologetic____
apologetics1652204apologetic___s
apomictically2464364apo_mictically
apoplectically2562444apoplectically
aposematically2363804aposematically
athletically2047234athl__etically
axiologically2655274axiolog__ically
biologically2067054biolog__ically
bolometrically2363674_bolometrically
ecologically2067724ecolog__ically
epexegetically2962014epexegetically
geologically1947364geolog__ically
monogenically2154734_monogenically
phonetically2249094_p_honetically
photogenically2564814photogenically
poetically17412884_p__o_etically
polemically2047644_pol__emically
politically18411474_pol__itically
splenetically2054594sp_lenetically
topologically2165394topolog__ically
typologically2465164typolog__ically
zoologically2755644zoolog__ically

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874303.29619986.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.62249334.9
 
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