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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 “otic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

99 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
otic6662482(None) 
etic66123951etic
lotic76420671lotic
odic74920571odic
ontic74418571ontic
optic93715181optic
tic56343461_tic
antic75728862antic
aortic8316612aortic
attic75618352attic
azotic172711632azotic
biotic103816612biotic
boric98024222boric
chic115925202chic
colic95726172colic
comic114721812comic
conic95329792conic
domic104317242domic
emic86422752emic
epic86921302epic
erotic82620272erotic
ethic101511222ethic
exotic153112652exotic
flic96223732flic
folic105319322folic
gothic1237792gothic
hic86540562_hic
huic94818052huic
ictic9311802ictic
iodic84816752iodic
ionic74622662ionic
laic65931562laic
logic88217832logic
loti46431842loti_
lytic104513032lytic
mic77647642_mic
miotic103715752miotic
motif10519682motif
myotic133112312myotic
noetic8514042noetic
notice8313442notice
obi57127732obi_
obia67923112obia
obis66226842obis
obit66837082obit
ohia75719362ohia
ohmic1237832ohmic
oi29061482o_i_
oil37452052o_il
oleic7313332oleic
olio46829672olio
omit65337372omit
ootid61416702ootid
optics102810182optics
orc57034922o_rc
orgic8311822orgic
osmic939912osmic
ostia52315582ostia
otitic83112682otitic
otto45220642otto
oxid12815482oxid
oxim131114052oxim
photic133316442photic
pic76046822_pic
poetic10416842poetic
ptotic102713372ptotic
pyic116915822pyic
rhotic112711232rhotic
roti46332932roti_
rotis56327062rotis
sic55847872_sic
sodic84917492sodic
sonic75225292sonic
spic85227432spic
stich104117922stich
stick115121562stick
stir45723252stir
stoic7317252stoic
ti28448292_ti_
tick106231222_tick
tics65729632_tics
tie36557532_tie
til36350262_til
tin36362172_tin
tip56551222_tip
tis37056642_tis
tit36771052_tit
toil46536282toil
toit46353062toit
tonic74727652tonic
topic95721502topic
torc66333352torc
toric76529312toric
toxic145315622toxic
uric63624932uric
vatic10316422vatic
yogic116114932yogic
yonic105920842yonic
zoic152316072zoic

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit29872990.87634100.5
3Display Results99990.0303300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691991.172152466.7
 
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