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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 “polytechnic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

22 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
polytechnic237234(None) 
polytechnics24101781polytechnics
polyenic1547673poly_e__nic
polygenic1746493polyge__nic
pyrotechnic2352883pyrotechnic
atechnic1554404___atechnic
polycentric2053584polycentric
polyclinic1953394poly_clinic
polycyclic2152944polycyc_lic
polygenetic1953784polygenetic
polymathic2254104polymath_ic
polymeric1846874polyme__ric
polyphonic2245784poly_phonic
polysemic1844894polyse__mic
polytene1367604polyte__n_e
polytenies1547114polyte__nies
polyteny1665194polyte__n_y
polytheistic2262854polytheistic
polytypic2143944polyt__ypic
pyrotechnics2462504pyrotechnics
technic1496904____technic
zootechnics2761414zo_otechnics

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 Filter1786911488190.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148819228.14318275.7
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691228.56220870.2
 
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