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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 “glycolic” 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.

27 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
glycolic164396(None) 
glyconic1644611glyconic
glucosic1353592glucosic
glyceric1643932glyceric
glycol1254932glycol__
glycols1344132glycol_s
glycolytic2153042glycolytic
glyconics1743572glyconics
acyclic1345573acyc_lic
bucolic1345593_bucolic
colic95726173___colic
cyclic1238033_cyc_lic
glucinic1363743glucinic
glycerin1444353glycerin
glycin1235963glyc__in
glycogen1543073glycogen
glycolipid1962083glycolipid
glycolysis1952743glycolysis
glycoside1654073glycoside
glycosidic1952293glycosidic
glycosyl1752193glycosyl
glycyl1542793glycyl__
glycyls1642063glycyl_s
glyphic1844063gly_phic
glyptic1544503gly_ptic
laconic1139883_laconic
mycotic1647713_mycotic

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162276.79621507.1
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.21624763.2
 
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