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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 “ethnical” 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.

53 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
ethnical134636(None) 
ethical1238441eth_ical
ethicals1345532eth_icals
ethnic1148852ethnic__
ethnically1847832ethnically
ethnics1236262ethnic_s
technical1646052technical
tetanical1146532tetanical
atomical1248903atomical
atypical1544683atypical
botanical1366073botanical
clinical1247033clinical
conical11316203_conical
cynical1437873_cynical
demonical1446993demonical
eirenical1145943eirenical
epical10413393e__pical
erotical101911983erotical
ethereal1146783ethereal
ethic101511223eth_ic__
ethically1748713eth_ically
ethician1346603eth_ician
ethics11169283eth_ic_s
ethinyl1343433eth_inyl
ethmoidal1552763ethmoidal
ethnicity1744593ethnicity
eugenical1245063eugenical
finical1239703_finical
fornical1347793fornical
iconical1248203iconical
irenical1048563irenical
ironical1049963ironical
mechanical19115733mechanical
methodical1845143methodical
metical11315363met__ical
metrical12311593met_rical
mythical1845033myth_ical
satanical1145413satanical
scenical1247133scenical
statical1039423statical
sterical10311253sterical
stoical9310283st_oical
technicals1753953technicals
thecal113310313_th_ecal
thetical1349123_thetical
tical76021493_t__ical
tincal83913373_tin_cal
topical1139953_topical
toxical1637643_toxical
tunica8379813_tunica_
tunicae9328143_tunicae
typical1436343_typical
unethical1444523uneth_ical

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162537.20320291.8
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691537.63923391.9
 
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