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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 “cephalically” 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.

43 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
cephalically245387(None) 
catholically2256003catholically
emphatically2456433emphatically
mechanically2455593mechanically
phallically2154413__phallically
phatically20411313__phatically
aphetically2159254_aphetically
archaically2145824archa_ically
cathodically2355414cathodically
centrically1848234ce_ntrically
cephalic1777904cephalic____
chaotically2148454c__haotically
chemically2248314c__hemically
climatically2146534climatically
cyclically1944914c__yclically
delphically2254764delph__ically
ecstatically1956454ecstatically
epically15310584_ep___ically
erratically16410124_erratically
ethically1748714_eth__ically
ethnically1847834_eth_nically
euphonically2254604euphonically
euphorically2254614euphorically
geophysically2763224geophysically
helically1749434___helically
heraldically2154934he_raldically
lethargically2272464lethargically
lymphatically2853914lymphatically
metallically1954104metallically
methodically2356154methodically
operatically1949324operatically
orphically2047634orph__ically
panically16310434__p_anically
phonically2049024__phonically
photically20411174__photically
physically2346094__physically
publically1944864__publically
spherically2146944_spherically
technically2146444tech_nically
telically1449854te___lically
tetanically1648064te_tanically
unemphatically2673054unemphatically
vocalically2144804_vocalically

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790436.65618748.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691437.06225303.2
 
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