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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 “dietetics” 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.

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
dietetics124469(None) 
dietetic1146801dietetic_
diabetics1444662diabetics
dieretic1148762dieretic_
diuretics1244952diuretics
deictics1345563d_eictics
demotics1338753d_emotics
diabetic1346553diabetic_
diaeretic1246033diaeretic_
dialectics1544213dialectics
diathetic1546813diathetic_
didactics1543493didactics
dielectrics1653333dielectrics
dieresis956853dieresi_s
dietaries10410663dietaries
dieters83216433diete__rs
dietitian1043763dietitian
dietitians1142953dietitians
digenetic1345353digenetic_
ditties83116983di_t_ties
diuretic1146993diuretic_
emetics11610723__emetics
exegetics1943573exegetics
frenetics1444613frenetics
genetics11128613_genetics
heretics13310503_heretics
icterics1247073_icterics
kinetics14207253ki_netics
memetics1447803_memetics
phenetics1646483phenetics

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641306.84321721.6
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.29624491.6
 
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