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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 “mythical” 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.

39 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
mythical184503(None) 
ethical1238442_ethical
metical11315362met_ical
metrical12311592metrical
mystical1546932mystical
mythic1637272mythic__
mythically2345842mythically
atypical1544683atypical
cyclical1445653cyclical
cynical1437873cy_nical
ethicals1345533_ethicals
ethnical1346363_ethnical
iatrical1049273iatrical
lyrical1236493ly_rical
magical1239783m_agical
matinal9312603mat_inal
medical12312513m_edical
methodical1845143methodical
methylal1644273methylal
meticals12310763met_icals
mimical1339233m_imical
musical1139553m_usical
myrica1336833my_rica_
myricas1436753my_ricas
mythicize28134113mythicize
mythier15125183mythi_er
mythiest1636043mythiest
oothecal1343913oothecal
optical1149863opt_ical
orphical1546733orphical
psychical2144383psychical
rhythmical2352833rhythmical
stoical9310283_stoical
syndical1445373syndical
thecal113310313__thecal
tical76021493__t_ical
typical1436343ty_pical
unethical1444523unethical
vatical1239983vat_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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162397.06020702.8
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.51623774.7
 
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