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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 “diabetics” 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.

29 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
diabetics144466(None) 
diabetic1346551diabetic_
diabetes1147022diabet_es
dialectics1544212dialectics
dietetics1244692dietetics
diuretics1244952diuretics
tabetics1245682_tabetics
adiabatic1443523adiabatic_
diabasic1345103diabasic_
diableries1344603diableries
diabolic1345733diabolic_
diacetyls1542253diacetyls
diacritics1563493diacritics
diaeretic1246033diaeretic_
dialectic1445713dialectic_
dialytic1446813dialytic_
diameters1247603diameters
diametric1446443diametric_
diathetic1546813diathetic_
didactics1543493didactics
dieretic1148763dieretic_
dietetic1146803dietetic_
diuretic1146993diuretic_
dramatics1466923dramatics
kinetics14207253ki_netics
nondiabetics1761883nondiabetics
paretics122312443_paretics
prediabetics1961143prediabetics
tabetic1138463_tabetic_

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641296.20323962.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.62526972.2
 
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