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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 “malic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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95 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
malic9452566(None) 
mafic125615461mafic
magic105818661magic
malice104818481malice
manic94629441manic
melic94722331melic
salic73424711salic
aalii5316132aalii
alec66430062_alec
alif76242142_alif
alit46155692_alit
amnic95516242amnic
amylic13108712amylic
aulic74420242aulic
baric96125692baric
basic96220522basic
calcic9311872calcic
calico103414432calico
calif104929102calif
calix145317352calix
colic95726172colic
daric85623122daric
flic96223732_flic
folic105319322folic
gallic9411642gallic
gamic103916202gamic
garlic9310042garlic
halid94424982halid
italic839902italic
kalif125021362kalif
laic65931562la_ic
mac78053932ma__c
mafia104418032mafia
magi76329532magi_
magics115311612magics
maid75537662ma_id
mail65543452ma_il
maile75232222maile
maill74420792maill
mails76037782mails
maim85831492ma_im
main65345522ma_in
mair66133782ma_ir
malar76424442malar
male66052302mal_e
malefic1486322malefic
males75049792males
malices114316622malices
malign939852malign
maline84529082maline
malkin122913152malkin
mall64639372mal_l
malls76233432malls
malm85129982mal_m
malms95021552malms
malmy124816342malmy
malt66254812mal_t
malts76331752malts
malty106721702malty
mamie95826002mamie
mania75634152mania
maniac103917972maniac
manics103919932manics
manioc103914822manioc
mantic104120902mantic
marc87034632ma_rc
maria75032882maria
marlin84220902marlin
mastic103119172mastic
matin75132852matin
mavie104722562mavie
mavin105722952mavin
mavis105622722mavis
maxi137023562maxi_
maxim165216002maxim
maxis145721562maxis
mealie82519812mealie
medic104619652medic
mesic93617862mesic
mic77647642m__ic
milia72719572milia
mimic111414322mimic
music94316402music
myalgic15134222myalgic
naric76824172naric
oxalic1537092oxalic
panic93923902panic
rabic93817402rabic
relic74623362relic
sialic8313632sialic
talc66226812tal_c
tali46837162tali_
telic76019822telic
valid94618392valid
vatic10316422vatic

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800951.54634799.5
3Display Results95950.0303166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691951.88994595.6
 
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