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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 “acetylic” 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.

36 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
acetylic154357(None) 
acetic10314502acet__ic
acetonic1238732acetonic
acetyl11396552acetyl__
acetylenic1751732acetylenic
acetyls12285352acetyl_s
acrylic1496282ac_rylic
dactylic1643662dac_tylic
acentric1247533acentric
acephalic1844933acephalic
acerbic1335643ace_rbic
acetal84314903acetal__
acetals93411353acetal_s
acetamid1344793acetamid
acetin8314693acet__in
acetylate1444213acetylate
acetylene1452693acetylene
acrylics1584363ac_rylics
actinic111810553ac_tinic
acyclic1345573ac_yclic
alkylic16174233a_lkylic
allylic12155843a_llylic
amylic13108713a__mylic
ascetic11310063ascet__ic
atelic8313703a__telic
atypic13337653a__typic
beylic1337823_be_ylic
cacodylic1652573cacodylic
cresylic1543083cresylic
dactyli1343603dac_tyli_
dactylics1742123dac_tylics
ecotypic1744413ecotypic
ethylic1546323__ethylic
hexylic2243033_hexylic
methylic1846013_methylic
phenylic1844483phenylic

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162367.47019566.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.90922593.4
 
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