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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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126 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ethical123844(None) 
ethicals1345531ethicals
ethnical1346361ethnical
epical10413392e_pical
ethic101511222ethic__
ethically1748712ethically
ethician1346602ethician
ethics11169282ethic_s
ethinyl1343432ethinyl
metical11315362met_ical
metrical12311592metrical
mythical1845032mythical
stoical9310282stoical
thecal113310312_thecal
tical76021492_t_ical
unethical1444522unethical
achiral12109183achiral
apical10913903_apical
atomical1248903atomical
atrial65418943atri_al
atypical1544683atypical
bioethical1753743bioethical
centrical1348353centrical
cervical1546853cervical
chica125818263_chica_
chicas135916473_chicas
chiral114614413_chiral
chital114313883_chital
comical13312223comical
conical11316203conical
cubical1338463cubical
cynical1437873cynical
deifical1445543deifical
detrital946573detrital
domical1239373domical
edictal1046993e_dictal
encinal949253encinal
enthral103410933enth_ral
ephoral1248403ephoral
erica7316543e_rica_
ericas8315463e_ricas
erotical101911983erotical
espial839543espi_al
estival1036323estival
eternal72910893eternal
ethanol1044593ethanol
ethereal1146783ethereal
ethicality1853833ethicality
ethicians1445283ethicians
ethicist1347893ethicist
ethicize2246283ethicize
ethinyls1442873ethinyls
ethion938813ethi_on
ethions1038483ethions
ethmoidal1552763ethmoidal
ethnic1148853ethnic__
ethnically1847833ethnically
ethnics1236263ethnic_s
ethoxyl2042353ethoxyl
ethyl1136513eth__yl
ethynyl1642123ethynyl
etic66123953et_ic__
fetial95716193fet_i_al
finical1239703finical
gestical1138993gestical
hectical1547943hectical
helical12311153helical
heroical13410023heroical
iatrical1049273iatrical
laical8312323_laical
lethal939803leth__al
lexical1637363lexical
logical1038513logical
lyrical1236493lyrical
magical1239783magical
medical12312513medical
methodical1845143methodical
methylal1644273methylal
meticals12310763met_icals
mimical1339233mimical
musical1139553musical
nodical1049863nodical
nonethical1545993nonethical
oothecal1343913oothecal
optical1149863optical
orphical1546733orphical
phial10313203_phi_al
pical95524373__pical
plical10411683_plical
poetical12311533poet_ical
preethical1753683preethical
radical103312793radical
retial64724993ret_i_al
retinal75318353ret_inal
retrial7615553retri_al
rhinal9510203_rhinal
sahiwal1344443sahiwal
septical1259363septical
statical1039423statical
sterical10311253sterical
technical1646053technical
telial65815363teli_al
tetanical1146533tetanical
theca103311453_theca_
thecae11299653_thecae
thenal92712433_thenal
thetical1349123_thetical
thick145613353_thic_k
thickly19415573_thickly
thicks154511993_thicks
thill85918733_thi_ll
thiol87616043_thi_ol
thiram1139963_thiram
thirl85416823_thi_rl
ticals83214713_t_icals
tidal64516453_t_idal
tincal83913373_tincal
topical1139953topical
toxical1637643toxical
trial54926353_tri_al
tribal8611133_tribal
trinal6516963_trinal
typical1436343typical
vatical1239983vatical
vertical13410433vertical
vesical12159813vesical

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 Filter1786911340270.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit1340271267.78017227.1
3Display Results1261260.0931354.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911268.26621617.6
 
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