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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 “theatric” 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.

42 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
theatric134614(None) 
theatrics1444771theatrics
phratric1545952phratric
theatre10358502theatr_e
theatres11298642theatres
theatrical1544482theatrical
thematic152011492themat_ic
thetic11412892the_t_ic
acentric1247543acentric
aleatoric1145883aleatoric
centric11312403_centric
electric1249183electric
etheric12311783ethe__ric
hectic132311523_hect_ic
hematic141816753_hemat_ic
hematuric1645233_hematuric
hepatic141712773_hepat_ic
hetaeric1346763_hetaeric
iatric8312173__iatric
metric10314683_me_tric
phatic133014413ph_at_ic
phreatic1548343phreat_ic
rhematic15188933rhemat_ic
rhetoric1345663rhetoric
stearic939423stea_ric
tantric939593t_antric
tartaric1047063tartaric
tectrix1644263t_ectrix
tetanic9810133t_etanic
tetri52716453t_e_tri_
tetris62816293t_e_tris
thallic1246553th_allic
theater104014253theat_er
theaters114211903theaters
theatricals1652883theatricals
theistic1348153theistic
thematics16188113themat_ics
theriac1239143the__riac
thermic1439333the_rmic
thesauri1152563thesauri_
theurgic1442963theurgic
thoric114314043th__oric

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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162427.42319690.4
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691427.90622601.9
 
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