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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 “apathetic” 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.

44 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
apathetic164785(None) 
apatetic1258581apat_etic
pathetic15410961_pathetic
aesthetic1497842aesthetic
aphetic142912852ap__hetic
bathetic1548582_bathetic
diathetic1546802diathetic
empathetic1954292empathetic
epithetic1666412epithetic
aesthetics1595813aesthetics
aetheric13410163a_etheric
anaesthetic16114163anaesthetic
analgetic12156493analgetic
anesthetic1596483anesthetic
anthemic15410323a_nthemic
antipathetic1963833antipathetic
antithetic1547403antithetic
apartheid1543553aparthe_id
aphaeretic1753563aphaeretic
apheretic1687413apheretic
aphotic142913123ap__hotic
apothecia1644013apothecia
apyretic1546843ap_yretic
arithmetic1753883arithmetic
asthenic1378633a_sthenic
athletic13118653__athletic
atretic9313923__atretic
authentic1446263a_uthentic
cathectic1545243_cathectic
catheptic1844903_catheptic
enthetic131110613_enthetic
epenthetic1753803epenthetic
esthetic13119773_esthetic
metathetic1755173metathetic
naphthenic2053113naphthenic
paretic113016673_pa_retic
parhelic1547093_parhelic
pathetical1747503_pathetical
prothetic161010073prothetic
spathic1437543spath__ic
sympathetic2353623sympathetic
synthetic1746623synthetic
thetic11412893___thetic
unathletic1553373unathletic

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641446.90621523.5
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.32824384.7
 
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