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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 “patrician” 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.

31 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
patrician136747(None) 
patricians1456281patricians
patriciate1446322patriciate
patricidal1554112patricidal
patricide1446612patricide
altricial1146213altricial
batrachian1763503batrachian
ethician1346603_ethician
iatrical1049273iatric_al
magician1346133ma_gician
matricidal1553863matricidal
matricide1446283matricide
mortician1346993mortician
optician1247243opt_ician
paprica1337003papric_a_
papricas1447053papric_as
parian83223963pa_r__ian
parricidal1554013parricidal
parricide1445753parricide
participant1754243participant
partisan1058423parti_san
partition1148693partition
partizan1955643parti_zan
patriciates1545323patriciates
patricides1546283patricides
patriliny1446063patriliny
patrolman1343723patrolman
pediatrician17122453pediatrician
physician1953893physician
rubrician1353833rubrician
tactician1345673tactician

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641318.00018580.1
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691318.43921174.4
 
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