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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 “hectic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
hectic13231152(None) 
pectic122913871pectic
acetic10314502acetic
arctic10313512arctic
deictic1237702deictic
deltic9312502deltic
etic66123952_e_tic
gestic9312772gestic
haptic13511892haptic
hebetic1438632hebetic
hectical1547932hectical
hecticly1843002hecticly
hector113312652hector
hematic141816742hematic
hemic125718622he_mic
hepatic141712772hepatic
herdic123112302herdic
heretic12314832heretic
heroic113516922heroic
ictic9311802_ictic
lactic10713492lactic
lectin82515012lectin
lentic83515742lentic
orectic1138822orectic
pectin102615532pectin
peptic122113152peptic
recti73619622recti_
septic102713192septic
smectic1336612smectic
tactic10612752tactic
thetic11412892the_tic

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551312.53332590.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691312.87562153.4
 
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