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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

52 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
photic13331644(None) 
aphotic142913121aphotic
phatic133014411phatic
phobic153010071phobic
phonic133315211phonic
photics142810481photics
ptotic102713371ptotic
rhotic112711231rhotic
aphetic142912852aphetic
aphonic142713392aphonic
aprotic112715242aprotic
azotic172711632azotic
biotic103816612biotic
chaotic14310042chaotic
choric133515902choric
dhoti9310122dhoti_
dhotis1038972dhotis
erotic82620272erotic
euphotic15117522euphotic
exotic153112652exotic
kyphotic2245772kyphotic
lotic76420672_lotic
miotic103715752miotic
myotic133112312myotic
ophitic1439212ophitic
otic66624822__otic
parotic112518042parotic
pectic122913872pectic
peptic122113152peptic
phasic133612052phasic
phimotic1747152phimotic
phobia13278602phobia
phobics16286702phobics
phonetic15310322phonetic
phonics143110722phonics
phot95534362phot__
photo104417232phot_o
photog12379812photog
photon1111514832photon
photonic15312102photonic
photopic17411092photopic
photos113316642photos
phots105418502phot_s
phylic16279552phylic
physic16288472physic
phytin14459012phytin
pionic103515952pionic
poetic10416842poetic
psoatic1139302psoatic
rhodic12227232rhodic
thetic11412892thetic
thoric114314042thoric

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551522.43633887.9
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.78264231.1
 
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