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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 “ethic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

38 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
ethic10151122(None) 
ethics11169281ethics
ethnic1148851ethnic
etic66123951et_ic
attic75618352attic
benthic1437472benthic
chic115925202_chic
echoic1339042echoic
elhi7612402elhi_
emic86422752e_mic
epic86921302e_pic
erethic1257722erethic
eth66630982eth__
ether84518772ether
etheric12311782etheric
ethical1238442ethical
ethion938812ethion
ethnics1236262ethnics
ethos85514192ethos
eths76619522eth_s
ethyl1136512ethyl
ethylic1546322ethylic
etui45416232etui_
etuis54013132etuis
gothic1237782gothic
hic86540562__hic
lithic1139492lithic
metric10314672metric
mythic1637272mythic
otic66624812ot_ic
stoic7317242stoic
telic76019822telic
thick145613352_thick
thin76732382_thin
thio77225412_thio
thir76420542_thir
this76027382_this
tic56343462_t_ic

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800382.42322203.9
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691382.52970656.8
 
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