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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 “orthodontically” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

25 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
orthodontically247185(None) 
endodontically2192644_endodontically
orthodontia1563234orthodonti_a___
orthodontias1662774orthodonti_a__s
orthodontic1753424orthodontic____
orthodontics1872734orthodontic___s
orthoepically2353084orth__oepically
orthogonally1962264orthogon___ally
orthopedically2562044ortho_pedically
arthritically2154845arth__ritically
authentically2155565auth__entically
cathodically2355415cathod___ically
hedonically2046885___hedon_ically
lithologically2364065litholo_gically
methodically2356155method___ically
morphologically2862905morpholo_gically
mythologically28154955mytholo_gically
ontogenetically2162635ont_ogenetically
ontologically1956125ont_olo_gically
orthodontist1663205orthodonti___st
orthodontists1762405orthodonti__sts
oxymoronically3162075oxymoron_ically
pathologically2585555patholo_gically
robotically1868515_r__obo_tically
romantically1948015_r__omantically

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874253.51618735.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691253.84546473.6
 
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