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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 “mellific” 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.

37 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
mellific154464(None) 
beatific1544223beatific
calcific1445023calcific
deific1237313de__ific
elliptic1254753_elliptic
febrific1842713febrific
felicific1952103felicific
felsitic1345033felsitic
illitic939253_illitic
jellified2044813jellified
jellifies1946263jellifies
jellify2054543jellif_y
magnific1654213magnific
malefic1486323m_alefic
marlitic1238343marlitic
melanic11310403me_lanic
melanitic1346713melanitic
melic94722333me_l__ic
melling102822623melli_ng
melodic1238543me_lodic
mephitic1747143mephitic
mollified1545653mollified
mollifier1445163mollifier
mollifies1447553mollifies
mollify1555503mollif_y
morbific1743183morbific
motific1446323m_otific
multifid1445833multifid
myelinic1544243myelinic
pelitic111814653pe_litic
perlitic12310583perlitic
pollinic1247333pollinic
prolific1546743prolific
salvific1643293salvific
telluric1044113telluric
terrific1344803terrific
zeolitic1947463zeolitic

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162377.40619735.6
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.85522748.7
 
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