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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 “pathetically” 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.

31 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
pathetically224920(None) 
apathetically2356061apathetically
bathetically2247351bathetically
aphetically2159252_aphetically
athletically2047232_athletically
empathetically2653472empathetically
pathetical1747502pathetica_l_
thetically18410492__thetically
aesthetically2156443aesthetically
ascetically1848403_ascetically
atheistically2166353_atheistically
authentically2155563authentically
cathodically2355413cathodically
catholically2256003catholically
gametically1948213ga_metically
hypothetically3064393hypothetically
magnetically2046383magnetically
mathematically2654653mathematically
metathetically2454113metathetically
pantheistically2563593pantheistically
parenthetically2562683parenthetically
patriotically2057003patriotically
phatically20411313p__hatically
phonetically2249093phonetically
photically20411173p__hotically
phyletically2555933phyletically
poetically17412883p__oetically
prophetically2577453prophetically
prosthetically2454613prosthetically
sympathetically3062533sympathetically
synthetically2455033synthetically

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024314.39021645.6
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691314.79637258.3
 
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