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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 “antithetical” 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.

29 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
antithetical175488(None) 
antithetic1547402antithetic__
antithetically2264512antithetically
aesthetical1655743a_esthetical
anticlerical1654243anticlerical
antitheoretical2071363antitheoretical
arithmetical1962793a_rithmetical
epithetical1854613_epithetical
metathetical1953763metathetical
agrichemical22102784agrichemical
anesthetic1596484anesthetic__
anesthetically2254284anesthetically
anesthetics1694714anesthetic_s
anticlericals1763154anticlericals
antiemetic1498264antiemetic__
antiemetics1586124antiemetic_s
antihelices1655444anti_helices
antilogical1447274anti_logical
antimusical1554074anti_musical
antipathetic1963834antipathetic__
antipoetic1448224antipoetic__
antipolitical1764054antipolitical
antiradical1455654anti_radical
antithesis1345774antithesi__s
catechetical1863264catechetical
hypothetical2554584hypothetical
parenthetical2062784parenthetical
pathetical1747514__pathetical
thetical1349124____thetical

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit124790296.20320117.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.65926834.5
 
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