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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 “specific” 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.

35 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
specific174470(None) 
specifics1843931specifics
pacific1646912_pacific
specified1746252specified
specifier1645682specifier
specifies1647572specifies
specify1764992specif_y
unspecific1952112unspecific
calcific1445023calcific
conspecific1961913conspecific
deific1237313_de_ific
epeiric1145313epe_iric
nonspecific2062723nonspecific
pectic122913873_pec_tic
pelitic111814653_pelitic
salvific1643293salvific
saporific1643923saporific
semifit1249973s_emifit
smectic1336613smec_tic
smectitic1543433smectitic
soporific1653423soporific
special11310303speci_al
specials1238033specials
speciate12209583speciate
specie10412223spec__ie
species11314133speci_es
specificity2382633specificity
specifiers1743803specifiers
specifying2144683specifying
specimen1444423specimen
specious1247483specious
spermic1338523spe_rmic
subspecific2261953subspecific
succinic1144033succinic
syenitic1346743syenitic

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162356.86021306.4
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.29624491.6
 
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