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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 “phonetics” 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.

53 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
phonetics164673(None) 
phenetics1646481phenetics
phonemics1844931phonemics
phonetic15310321phonetic_
phenetic1549202phenetic_
phonemic1747172phonemic_
phonetist1448812phonetist
phonetists1545412phonetists
phonics143110722phon__ics
photics142810482pho__tics
phyletics1944582phyletics
poetics11312072p_o_etics
tonetics1048942_tonetics
anoretics1148653anoretics
aphonics15259523aphon__ics
frenetics1444613frenetics
genetics11128613_genetics
geodetics1344463geodetics
heretics13310503_heretics
honesties1249913_honesties
kinetics14207253_kinetics
magnetics1447163magnetics
paretics122312443p_aretics
pheneticist1854643pheneticist
phenetols1443723phenetols
phenolics1645053phenolics
phobics16286703pho__bics
phonates13410643phonat_es
phonating1537813phonating
phonation1439393phonation
phonations1538313phonations
phonematic1945443phonematic_
phonemes1546193phone_mes
phonemicist20183813phonemicist
phones114121213phone___s
phonetician1853883phonetician
phoneticians1953403phoneticians
phoneying1844283phoneying
phoneys15437143phone__ys
phonic133315213phon__ic_
phonies123717513phon__ies
phoresies1447993phoresies
photic133316443pho__tic_
photonics1649353photonics
phrenetic1645923phrenetic_
phyletic1847213phyletic_
poetic10416843p_o_etic_
polemics1448183p_olemics
politics122513813p_olitics
pontils9312213p_on_tils
proxemics2244453proxemics
splenetics1443413splenetics
tonetic9313433_tonetic_

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641537.40620070.3
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691537.87522690.9
 
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