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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 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
optic9371518(None) 
ontic74418571ontic
optics102810181optics
otic66624821o_tic
antic75728862antic
aortic8316612aortic
attic75618352attic
bioptic1337562bioptic
epic86921302ep_ic
etic66123952_etic
haptic13511892haptic
ictic9311802ictic
lotic76420672lotic
lytic104513032lytic
noetic8514042noetic
odic74920572o_dic
ohmic1237832ohmic
oleic7313332oleic
ootid61416702ootid
ophitic1439212ophitic
opsin7613472opsin
opt57545542opt__
opted84914272opted
optical1149862optical
optima10106532optima
optime1079352optime
opting94514402opting
option83612712option
opts68124742opt_s
orgic8311822orgic
orphic1368322orphic
osmic939912osmic
ostia52315582ostia
otitic83112682otitic
peptic122113152peptic
pic76046822_p_ic
poetic10416842poetic
pyic116915822_pyic
septic102713192septic
spic85227432sp_ic
tic56343462__tic
topic95721502top_ic
uptick1436762uptick
vatic10316422vatic

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800441.68631909.8
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691442.02988068.5
 
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