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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 “catholics” 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.

39 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
catholics1610589(None) 
catholic15158381catholic_
catholicos17123101catholicos
carbolics1546722carbolics
cathodic16126752cathodic_
catholicoi17122222catholicoi
catholicon17122462catholicon
catholicons18102332catholicons
acholias1349573_acholias
aphonics15259523_aphonics
atomics113110853_at_omics
atonics93613713_at_onics
batholith1784393batholith
batholiths1872743batholiths
calorics122810463ca_lorics
cannolis1037863cannoli_s
carbolic1448323carbolic_
catabolic1544653catabolic_
catatonics1444603catatonics
catchflies2043373catchflies
cathartics1743083cathartics
cathexis2045753cathexi_s
cathodes1439393catho_des
catholicate1873693catholicate
catholicates1973273catholicates
catholicity2152883catholicity
catholicize2792393catholicize
catholicizes2872353catholicizes
catholicoses1961973catholicoses
cathouses1439433cathouses
cationic12310013cationic_
catlins93818843cat__lins
chthonic1846183chthonic_
colics104219903c___olics
kathodic18114573kathodic_
orthotics1445433orthotics
pachalics1844983pachalics
pashalics1644273pashalics
ratholes11312413rathol_es

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641397.79619066.3
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.24921662.1
 
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