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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 “nautical” 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.

66 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
nautical105770(None) 
haptical1547342haptical
nautically1548832nautically
tactical1248842tactical
vatical1239982va_tical
actinal9312293_actinal
agnatical1246163agna_tical
analytical1554263analytical
anticar9312663_anticar
apical10913903_a_pical
audial7312993_audi_al
biotical1248863biotical
cortical12412213cortical
critical12310263critical
cubical1338463_cubical
datival1135583da_tival
erotical101911983erotical
fanatical1446493fanatical
farcical1546953farcical
faucal11339963fau__cal
faucial1257323fauci_al
gestical1138993gestical
gnostical1246203gnostical
hectical1547933hectical
iatrical1049273iatrical
laical8312323la__ical
magical1239783ma_gical
martial92415413marti_al
matinal9312603ma_tinal
matutinal1143183matutinal
metical11315363_metical
musical1139553_musical
mystical1546933mystical
nadiral836343na_diral
narial6317953na_ri_al
nasial6413283na_si_al
nastic82915973nastic__
natal53921493na_t__al
national8311533na_tional
natural739513na_tural
nauplial1042903nauplial
nautch1144813naut_c_h
nautili746113nauti_li
nautilus844073nautilus
neutral737923neut_ral
nodical1049863n_odical
nontidal948673nontidal
nudicaul1142253n_udicaul
nuptial946633nupti_al
optical1149863_optical
partial92616263parti_al
poetical12311533poetical
practical1548843practical
radical103312793ra_dical
rustical1048393rustical
septical1259363septical
statical1039423statical
thetical1349123thetical
tical76021493___tical
unmusical1353833unmusical
venatical1446793vena_tical
vertical13410433vertical
viatical1347063viatical
vortical1348863vortical
yautia937253yauti_a_
yautias1046333yauti_as

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162667.29620033.2
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691667.76623009.4
 
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