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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 “heuristic” 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.

47 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
heuristic144598(None) 
heuristics1543311heuristics
eristic9814092_e_ristic
hubristic1644232hubristic
hybristic1944582hybristic
juristic1746132_juristic
meristic12311252me_ristic
neuritic1048592neuri_tic
puristic1239382_puristic
touristic1145632touristic
veristic1339882ve_ristic
amoristic1347993amoristic
aoristic10311163_aoristic
autistic10310103_autistic
cubistic1445703_cubistic
deistic10311173de__istic
diaristic1247483diaristic
egoistic1147103_egoistic
ekistic1377843_e_kistic
eristics10610193_e_ristics
eucritic1247133_eucri_tic
faunistic1444473faunistic
ferritic1347073ferri_tic
floristic1447163floristic
futuristic1553303futuristic
hedonistic1644543hedonistic
hemistich1946073he_mistich
heretic12314833he_r_etic
hermetic15310243he_rmetic
hermitic1539653he_rmitic
herpetic1547773he_rpetic
holistic13311263h_olistic
humoristic1754383humoristic
leucitic1245233leuci_tic
neritic91314333ne_ri_tic
neuritics1146233neuri_tics
neuritis848493neuri_tis
neurotic1039693neur_otic
neustic937943neu__stic
patristic1389283patristic
periotic12313443pe_riotic
pleuritic1344553pleuri_tic
pruritic1267403pruri_tic
realistic1148553realistic
theistic1348153the__istic
truistic1046903tru_istic
voyeuristic1951543voyeuristic

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641476.87621617.4
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.31224438.0
 
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