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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 “didactic” 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.

48 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
didactic144518(None) 
didactics1543491didactics
dicastic1347342dicastic
didact10711202didact__
didactical1673282didactical
didacts1186062didact_s
didactyl1542182didactyl
undidactic1651862undidactic
apractic1448303apractic
atactic11410083_atactic
climactic1443423climactic
dadaistic1344813dadaistic
deictic1237703d_eictic
diabetic1346553diabetic
diacid10310633di_ac_id
diacidic1444063di_acidic
diacritic1465273di_acritic
diactinic1443453di_actinic
dialectic1445713dialectic
dialytic1446813dialytic
diarchic1645613diarchic
dibasic1246033diba_sic
dichotic1647663dichotic
dicrotic1348883dicrotic
dicyclic1543863dicyclic
didacticism1951993didacticism
dieretic1148763dieretic
dietetic1146803dietetic
digastric1343623digastric
dioritic1149493dioritic
diprotic1348553diprotic
diuretic1146993diuretic
drastic10310883d_rastic
dynastic1445853dynastic
eidetic1039743eid_etic
galactic13106553galactic
gigantic1244303gigantic
hidrotic1446903hidrotic
ictic9311803_i__ctic
identic1038043_identic
idiotic1037463_idiotic
lactic10713493__lactic
nondidactic1762853nondidactic
pedantic1346583pedantic
piratic11314293pira_tic
practic13312253_practic
tactic10612753__tactic
viatic11311453vi_a_tic

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 Filter1786911461620.580308087.9
2DLD Change Limit146162486.76321612.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.35924282.0
 
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