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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 “tectonics” 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.

40 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
tectonics134595(None) 
tectonic1248451tectonic_
technics1585462tec_hnics
tectonism1346202tectonism
tectonisms1445572tectonisms
tetanics10127372te_tanics
acetonic1238733acetonic_
atonics93613713__atonics
betonies10413063be_tonies
conics103920593__c_onics
ebonics1137193_e_bonics
ecbolics1444003_ecbolics
ectopias1248273_ectopias
ectopic1338153_ectopic_
electronics1557223electronics
ethnics1236263_e_thnics
geoponics1444383geoponics
hedonics1445903he_donics
ketonic1349923ke_tonic_
lactonic1248053lactonic_
leptonic1247703leptonic_
mechanics1845983mechanics
nektonic1445723nektonic_
peptonic1448833peptonic_
photonics1649353photonics
rectories11314653rectories
subtonics1345433subtonics
tactics1149323tact__ics
technic1496903tec_hnic_
tectorial11119033tectorial
tectrices1346253tect_rices
telsonic1045993telsonic_
testons7313563teston__s
tetanic9810133te_tanic_
tetanies8513553te_tanies
teutonize1845893teutonize
teutonizes1946023teutonizes
tictocs1145903ticto__cs
tonics83617863___tonics
tortonis848743tortoni_s

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 Filter1786911486410.563317390.8
2DLD Change Limit148641407.31320325.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.89222642.0
 
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