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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 “polemical” 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.

30 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
polemical154734(None) 
poetical12311532po_etical
polemic13311252polemic__
polemically2047642polemically
polemics1448182polemic_s
political1349712political
pollical1247952pol_lical
apolitical1446293apolitical
chemical1748393_chemical
clerical1248233_clerical
comical13312223co__mical
cosmical1448013co_smical
domical1239373do__mical
endemical1445383endemical
epidemical1753813epidemical
galenical1244683galenical
lexical1637363__lexical
nonlexical1945213nonlexical
oological1248323oological
pemican1348163p__emican
plical10411683p_l__ical
polecat11313143pole__cat
polemicist1656023polemicist
polemicize2554143polemicize
polemist12412363polemi_st
polemists1348603polemists
polemize2148673polemi_ze
polemized2346503polemized
polemizes2248153polemizes
proemial1249183proemi_al

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641306.78321913.8
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691307.23624694.7
 
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