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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 “categorically” 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
categorically2110347(None) 
categorical1653102categorica_l_
allegorically1952673allegorically
calorically1847773ca__lorically
catabolically2253003catabolically
catatonically2054153catatonically
cathodically2355413cat_hodically
catholically2256003cat_holically
cationically1956843cat_ionically
meteorically1956813mete_orically
panegyrically2452423panegyrically
aerobically1848114_a_erobically
anagogically19114544_anagogically
atomically1749874_at__omically
canonically1847624ca__nonically
catalytically2353974catalytically
categoric1444214categoric____
centrically1848234c__entrically
clerically1748194c_le__rically
cytologically2455924cytologically
materially1548004mate__ri_ally
motorically1849434mot__orically
oratorically1756374orat__orically
patriotically2057004patriotically
rhetorically2065864_rhetorically
satirically1646834sat__irically
sterically15410494_ste__rically

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit95024275.37617675.6
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691275.49932495.2
 
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