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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 “impractically” 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.

36 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
impractically245436(None) 
impracticably2662071impracticably
impracticable2361772impracticable
impractical1953082impractica_l_
impracticality2561412impracticality
practically20410442__practically
emphatically2456433empha_tically
impartially1853813imp_arti_ally
impolitically2254613impolitically
practicably2254303__practicably
arctically17410374__ar_ctically
climactically2153754climactically
didactically2154414_didactically
drastically1748944__drastically
empathically2464764emp_athically
erratically16410124_erra_tically
frantically1958414__frantically
hieratically2048174hiera_tically
imagistically2155054imagistically
lymphatically2853914lympha_tically
meristically1949014_meristically
monastically1948344_monastically
operatically1949324opera_tically
phatically20411314__pha_tically
piratically18411214_pira_tically
plastically1849404__plastically
practicable1953834__practicable
practical1548844__practica_l_
practicality2153594__practicality
practicals1645544__practica_ls
simplistically2363714simplistically
spastically1848734_sp_astically
syntactically2354414syntactically
tactically1749754___tactically
thoracically2285444thorac_ically
unpractical1753764unpractica_l_

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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024366.01315803.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.15529031.8
 
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