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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 “athletics” 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.

32 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
athletics1410582(None) 
athletic13118651athletic_
athletes1157882athlet_es
athleticism1853012athleticism
aesthetics1595813aesth_etics
analeptics1444423analeptics
analgetics13184363analgetics
analytics1445513analytics
anoretics1148643anoretics
aphetic142912853aph_etic_
arithmetics1852573arithmetics
arthritics1545263arthritics
ascetics1247073a_scetics
asthenics1486403asth_enics
asthmatics1745333asthmatics
athlete1068083athlet__e
athleticisms1962663athleticisms
atretic9313923at_retic_
attics84413283at___tics
auxetics1744763a_uxetics
bathetic1548583bath_etic_
catalectics1493103catalectics
cataleptics1782843cataleptics
cathartics1743083cathartics
esthetics14106963esth_etics
pathetic15410963path_etic_
phyletics1944583phyletics
tabetics1245683_tabetics
telestics1196963_telestics
thetic11412893_th_etic_
tonetics1048943_tonetics
unathletic1553373unathletic_

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 Limit148641327.22020587.4
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691327.68623248.9
 
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