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

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

30 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
problematic196306(None) 
problematics2072161problematics
problematical2161712problematical
unproblematic217872unproblematic
emblematic1853003_emblematic
phonematic1945443pho_nematic
proleptic1547113pro_le_ptic
aposematic1654254apo_sematic
aromatic12315634aro___matic
bioclimatic1952174bioclimatic
phlegmatic2053214p__hlegmatic
polemic13311254p_o_lem__ic
polymathic2254104p_o_lymathic
pragmatic1647634pr__agmatic
prelatic12311284pr___elatic
prismatic1547164pr__ismatic
probiotic1546664prob__iotic
problem1335984problem____
problematically2662044problematically
problems1434344problem___s
proclamation1853414proclamation
proclitic1548114procl__itic
programmatic2163144programmatic
prophetic18710584prophe__tic
prostatic13410854pro__static
protatic12314744pro___tatic
prothetic161010074prothe__tic
protreptic1644724protre_ptic
proxemic2146154pro_xem__ic
rhematic15188924_r__hematic

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819308.36017801.3
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691308.79620315.0
 
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