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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 “dialectic” 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.

37 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
dialectic144571(None) 
dialectics1544211dialectics
analectic1347232analectic
diabetic1346552diabe_tic
dialect101210262dialect__
dialectal1243792dialectal
dialectical1653412dialectical
dialects11126002dialect_s
dialytic1446812dial_ytic
dielectric1554062dielectric
dyslectic1773842dyslectic
analeptic1346513analeptic
catalectic1384603catalectic
dalmatic1348693d_almatic
diabetics1444663diabe_tics
diacritic1465273diacritic
diaeretic1246033diaeretic
diagenetic1454253diagenetic
dialectician1762183dialectician
dialogic1247453dial_ogic
diametric1446443diametric
diarchic1645613dia_rchic
diaristic1247483diaristic
diastatic1245943diastatic
diathetic1546813diathetic
didactic1445183di_dactic
dielectrics1653333dielectrics
dieretic1148763diere_tic
dietetic1146803diete_tic
dilemmic1542873di_lemmic
diplegic1444793diple_gic
diplontic1444523diplontic
diuretic1146993diure_tic
dualistic1246103dualistic
dyslectics18102793dyslectics
eclectic1156073_eclectic
galactic13106553_galactic

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641377.44019978.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.89222642.0
 
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