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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 “pedantic” 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.

65 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
pedantic134658(None) 
pedant9319492pedant__
pedantry1444052pedantry
pedants10310112pedant_s
semantic1249552semantic
unpedantic1571672unpedantic
antic75728863___antic
cantic103920543__cantic
deontic1038883de_ontic
didactic1445183didactic
edaphic1544243_edaphic
edenic9310223_eden_ic
elastic93013393_elastic
enatic8317563_ena_tic
frantic12310363_frantic
geomantic1445983geomantic
gerontic1147963gerontic
gigantic1244303gigantic
hedonic1339043hedon_ic
hematic141816743hema_tic
hepatic141712773hepa_tic
identic1038043_identic
lentic83515743le__ntic
mantic104120903__mantic
medallic1345113medallic
melanic11310403melan_ic
melanitic1346713melanitic
melanotic1345393melanotic
nematic111713993nema_tic
operatic1249933opera_tic
panic93923903p__an_ic
pantie84326473p__antie
paranoic1249833paranoic
pectic122913873pe__ctic
pedagogic1652963pedagogic
pedantries1345683pedantries
pedate93117763peda_t_e
pederastic1553643pederastic
pediatric1445263pediatric
pedorthic1753643pedorthic
pelagic1237863pela_gic
pelitic111814653pe_litic
pendant10314853pendant__
pendantly1545463pendantly
pendants1139093pendant_s
peptic122113153pe__ptic
periotic12313443periotic
perlitic12310583perlitic
phatic133014413p_ha_tic
pianic103714123p_ian_ic
piratic11314293pira_tic
plastic112815063p_lastic
podagric1443543podagric
poditic122611583pod_itic
practic13312243p_ractic
prelatic12311283prela_tic
psoatic1139303psoa_tic
puranic11410483puran_ic
quantic18279063_quantic
romantic1249233romantic
semantics1346823semantics
sematic111716873sema_tic
sonantic1048273sonantic
tetanic9810133tetan_ic
venatic12311523vena_tic

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162657.68619016.7
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691658.13921954.9
 
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