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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 “ethicians” 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.

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
ethicians144528(None) 
ethician1346601ethician_
ethicals1345532ethic_als
ethicists1445442ethicists
ethicizes2345862ethicizes
aphidians1544053aphidians
dieticians1344123diet_icians
estheticians1762873estheticians
etesians845473et_esians
ethical1238443ethic_a_l
ethicist1347893ethici_st
ethicize2246283ethici_ze
ethicized2444933ethicized
ethicizing2545043ethicizing
ethics11169283ethic___s
ethions1038483eth__ions
eutherians1345313eutherians
logicians1244173logicians
magicians1444573magicians
musicians1345493musicians
ophidians1543023ophidians
opticians1345543opticians
patricians1456283patricians
technicians1852653technicians
therians1138313_therians
thickens17266413_thickens
titians72710453_t_itians

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 Limit148641277.45319943.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.92222556.3
 
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