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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 “theoretic” 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.

39 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
theoretic144666(None) 
heretic12314832_he_retic
theocratic1755312theocratic
theorematic1853782theorematic
theoretical1653942theoretical
anoretic10312933_anoretic
apheretic1687413aphe_retic
atheoretical1763013atheoretical
chloritic1657433chloritic
chlorotic1656983chlorotic
choreatic1647713ch_oreatic
choreic1438703ch_ore_ic
dieretic1148763die_retic
geodetic1246323_geodetic
hebetic1438633_he_betic
heretics13310503_he_retics
hermetic15310243_hermetic
herpetic1547773_herpetic
phenetic1549203phe_netic
phonetic15310323ph_onetic
terebic1137983t_e_rebic
theistic1348153the_istic
thematic152011483the_matic
theocentric1854163theocentric
theogonic1545543theogonic
theologic1547503theologic
theorem1236273theore__m
theorems1344693theore_ms
theoretician1762723theoretician
therein102310353the_re_in
theremin13107283the_remin
thereto1038993the_ret_o
thermic1439333the_r_mic
thetic11412893th___etic
theurgic1442953theur_gic
thoracic1546393th_oracic
thoric114314043th_or__ic
tonetic9313433t__onetic
toreutic1045193t__oreutic

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641397.06021054.0
3Display Results39390.0331181.8
 (SQL Overall)178691397.51623774.7
 
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