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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 “dialecticians” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

41 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
dialecticians186178(None) 
dialectician1762181dialectician_
dialectical1653413dialectic_a_l
dialectics1544213dialectic___s
dieticians1344123di__e_ticians
diagnosticians1871304diagnosticians
dialectic1445714dialectic____
dialectically2164174dialectically
dietician1245424di__e_tician_
dietitians1142954di__e_titians
electricians1653884__electricians
tacticians1444234_ta__cticians
academicians1961385acade_micians
actinians11167005__a__ctinians
beauticians1552875bea__uticians
bilections14136505bi_lect__ions
biometricians1982785biometricians
caecilians1453045_ca_ec_ilians
cosmeticians1863345cosme_ticians
dalmatians1343565d_almat__ians
deflections17187325deflect__ions
delectations1547455d_electations
diabetics1444665diabe_tic___s
diagnostician1771445diagnostician_
dialectal1243795dialect___a_l
dialects11126005dialect_____s
didacticisms2061825di_dacticisms
dielectrics1653335dielect_ri_cs
dietitian1043765di__e_titian_
directions1379645di_rect__ions
dissections14198265dissect__ions
dyslectics18102795dyslectic___s
eclecticisms1753115_eclecticisms
electrician1554485__electrician_
estheticians1762875esthe_ticians
insecticides1752605_insecticides
phoneticians1953405phone_ticians
politicians1555515_pol_iticians
statisticians1561785statisticians
tactician1345685_ta__ctician_
undialectical1861615undialectic_a_l

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790418.45314762.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691418.85920170.6
 
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