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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 “formic” 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.

46 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
formic1331045(None) 
formica1436441formica
aortic8316612aortic
boric98024222bor_ic
bromic122412692bromic
comic114721812co_mic
cosmic12410342cosmic
dermic114511912dermic
domic104317242do_mic
dormice1237132dormice
dormie9312622dormie
dormin9312312dormin
fermi103914162fermi_
fermis114313502fermis
ferric1139992ferric
filmic13348452filmic
fjordic2042382fjordic
folic105319322fo_lic
forbid123312432forbid
fordid113512052fordid
form95836872form__
formal113215202formal
format113021352format
forme105225992form_e
formed125021172formed
formee113919942formee
former114221402former
formes114623712formes
formicas1546002formicas
forming133615732forming
formol112910332formol
forms105327052form_s
formyl14276442formyl
fornix1636032fornix
forrit91916622forrit
fortis95418612fortis
frolic1149202frolic
holmic1338782holmic
karmic1438122karmic
nordic939472nordic
ohmic1237832_ohmic
orgic8311822_orgic
osmic939912_osmic
sorbic10310392sorbic
toric76529312tor_ic
wormil1138042wormil

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551462.64031269.3
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691463.01359306.7
 
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