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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 “lytic” 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.

35 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
lytic10451303(None) 
lotic76420671lotic
lyric104512721lyric
antic75728862antic
attic75618352attic
clitic103315052clitic
cynic124712422cynic
cystic132710652cystic
etic66123952_etic
glyptic1544502glyptic
ictic9311802ictic
lactic10713492lactic
laic65931562l_aic
lati46438272lati_
lentic83515742lentic
lithic1139492lithic
logic88217832logic
loti46431842loti_
ludic82912802ludic
luetic8310382luetic
lyrics11357942lyrics
lysin84512782lysin
lysis84511462lysis
lytta888062lytta
myotic133112312myotic
mystic132711642mystic
mythic1637272mythic
ontic74418572ontic
optic93715182optic
otic66624822_otic
pyic116915822py_ic
pyric123815072pyric
tic56343462__tic
typic124511962typic
vatic10316422vatic

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800351.50035866.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691351.82997698.7
 
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