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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 “anesthetics” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
anesthetics169471(None) 
aesthetics1595811a_esthetics
anaesthetics17103051anaesthetics
anesthetic1596481anesthetic_
aesthetic1497842a_esthetic_
anaesthetic16114162anaesthetic_
anesthesias1454032anesthesias
anesthetist1454032anesthetist
anesthetists1552732anesthetists
anesthetize23113222anesthetize
anesthetizes24132982anesthetizes
esthetics14106962__esthetics
aesthesias1345693a_esthesias
aesthetes1246233a_esthet_es
aesthetical1655743a_esthetical
aestheticism1963103a_estheticism
anaesthesias1562643anaesthesias
anesthesia1354433anesthesi_a
anesthetized25112703anesthetized
antithetic1547403antithetic_
asthenics1486403a__sthenics
esthetic13119773__esthetic_
kinesthetic2052573kinesthetic_
paresthetic1854583paresthetic_
prosthetics18135203prosthetics
synesthetic1953563synesthetic_
unaesthetic16123393unaesthetic_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633275.62321631.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.03229623.8
 
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