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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 “mortician” 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.

30 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
mortician134699(None) 
morticians1445701morticians
morticing1448012morticing
optician1247242_optician
cortical12412213cortic_al
dietician1245423dietician
logician1145223lo_gician
magician1346133m_agician
martian93514683mart__ian
meridian1147683mer_idian
monecian1247283mo_necian
mortarman1343213mortarman
mortice11711493mortic__e
morticed1377163mortic_ed
mortices12711563mortic_es
mortified1547383mortified
mortifier1446923mortifier
mortifies1439393mortifies
mortising1238693mortising
mortmain1244573mortmai_n
musician1246693m_usician
opticians1345543_opticians
patrician1367473patrician
politician1456553politician
sortition946703sortition
tactician1345673tactician
vortical1348863vortic_al
vorticism1646383vorticism
vorticist1448163vorticist
vorticity1746143vorticity

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641306.50022867.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.95325699.8
 
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