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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 “catatonic” 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.

31 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
catatonic134610(None) 
catatonia1145481catatonia
catatonics1444601catatonics
catabolic1544652catabolic
catalogic1446682catalogic
catatonias1255412catatonias
cationic12310012cat_ionic
cratonic1239122c_ratonic
acetonic1238733_acetonic
anatomic1258683_anatomic
atonic83420473___atonic
canonic11312933c__anonic
carbonic1439993ca_rbonic
catalatic1347323catalatic
catalytic1645893catalytic
catamenia1344413catamenia
cataphoric1954033cataphoric
categoric1444213categoric
cathodic16126753cat_hodic
catholic15158383cat_holic
chthonic1846183cht_honic
cytotoxic23154433cytotoxic
daltonic1146523da_ltonic
diatonic1138683_diatonic
lactonic1248053la_ctonic
macaronic1545243macaronic
natatoria945383natatoria
pentatonic1454683pentatonic
platonic1238773_platonic
satanic939933sata__nic
vagotonic1543683vagotonic

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641316.59322545.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.03225411.1
 
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