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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 “mechanics” 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.

35 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
mechanics184598(None) 
mechanic1747611mechanic_
mechanical19115732mechanical
mechanicals2093752mechanicals
mechanism1846562mechanism
mechanisms1945722mechanisms
mechanist1648742mechanist
mechanists1745892mechanists
mechanize2547072mechanize
mechanizes2646772mechanizes
melanics1237732me_lanics
technics1585462tech_nics
bechance1747743bechan_ce
bechances1847613bechances
biomechanics2372133biomechanics
ethnics1236263_eth_nics
lechayims1951943lechayims
manics103919933m___anics
meanies93620743me__anies
mechanician2053003mechanician
mechanicians2162353mechanicians
mechanized2745883mechanized
mechanizer2645043mechanizer
mechanizers2753533mechanizers
melanic11310403me_lanic_
melanins10310383me_lanins
merchants1646223merchan_ts
methanes133812163methan_es
methanols1444873methanols
pachalics1844983pachalics
pechans14810503pechan__s
rechanges1568183rechanges
technic1496903tech_nic_
tectonics1345953tectonics
tetanics10127373te_tanics

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641357.31020333.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.74923059.9
 
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