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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 “ethicals” 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.

61 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
ethicals134553(None) 
ethical1238441ethical_
ethically1748712ethically
ethicians1445282ethicians
ethics11169282ethic__s
ethinyls1442872ethinyls
ethnical1346362ethnical_
meticals12310762met_icals
ticals83214712_t_icals
apicals1159923_apicals
chicas135916473_chica_s
enthrals11278903enth_rals
epical10413393e_pical_
ericas8315463e_rica_s
espials937093espi_als
eternals8238953eternals
ethanols1144333ethanols
ethic101511223ethic___
ethicality1853833ethicality
ethicalness1653363ethicalness
ethician1346603ethician
ethicist1347893ethicist
ethicists1445443ethicists
ethicize2246283ethicize
ethicizes2345863ethicizes
ethinyl1343433ethinyl_
ethions1038483ethi_ons
ethnically1847833ethnically
ethnics1236263ethnic__s
ethoxyls2142213ethoxyls
ethyls1235903eth__yls
ethynyls1741873ethynyls
fetials103711743fet_i_als
lethals1038113leth__als
medicals1349363medicals
methylals1743683methylals
meticais1248183met_icais
metical11315363met_ical_
metrical12311593metrical_
musicals1247103musicals
mythical1845033mythical_
phials1158873_phi_als
radicals112610163radicals
retinals85612963ret_inals
retrials8510823retri_als
sahiwals1443643sahiwals
stoical9310283stoical_
technicals1753953technicals
thecal113310303_thecal_
thickly19415573_thickly
thicks154511993_thic_ks
thills95515383_thi_lls
thiols95112763_thi_ols
thirams1236823_thirams
thirls95012063_thi_rls
tical76021493_t_ical_
tincals93610643_tincals
trials64319883_tri_als
tribals9610753_tribals
unethical1444523unethical_
verticals1457243verticals

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162616.46622604.7
3Display Results61610.0331848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691616.90525878.5
 
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