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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 “medicines” 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.

62 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
medicines144790(None) 
medicides1556581medicides
medicine1349541medicine_
medicined1545111medicined
mediacies1447182mediaci_es
medicants1466782medicants
medicares1446872medicares
medicates14312112medicates
medicide1447712medicide_
medicinal1445082medicinal
medicinals1543142medicinals
biomedicines19201913biomedicines
colicines13311203colicines
culicines1347013culicines
dedicates13311693dedicates
deicides1249303de_icides
divines113514723__divines
edifices1454863_edifices
edifies113012283_edifi_es
epicenes1249253_epicenes
feminines14218173feminines
feticides1547003feticides
heliclines1544043heliclines
leucines1037273le_ucines
meclizines2342363meclizines
medflies1435553medfli_es
medians103214213medi_an_s
mediants11299493medi_ants
mediates112814063medi_ates
mediatizes2245603mediatizes
medicaids1544003medicaids
medicals1349363medic_als
medicant13910833medican_t
medicare1347483medicare_
medicate13513243medicate_
medicated15410073medicated
medicining1643883medicining
medicks16368413medic__ks
medicos12339833medic__os
medics114115353medic___s
medinas103411463med__inas
meditates1239813meditates
meinies92516073me_ini_es
melamines1339763melamines
melilites1149193melilites
melinites11310403melinites
mendicants1553943mendicants
mendicities1646383mendicities
mercies113817563me_rci_es
metricizes2346763metricizes
midlines112613333mid_lines
miticides1447083miticides
modifies1439163modifi_es
pedicles1338683pedic_les
pedicures1445263pedicures
redecides1356563redecides
redefines1347413redefines
redivides1445683redivides
redlines93916083red_lines
regicides1345813regicides
salicines11310003salicines
sericins10312463sericin_s

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641627.25020502.2
3Display Results62620.0331878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691627.70323197.6
 
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