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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 “acoustic” 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
acoustic124644(None) 
acoustics1344601acoustics
aconitic1239532aconitic
acoustical1454032acoustical
acrostic1239942acrostic
caustic1139752_caustic
aboulic1156283abou_lic
accustom1443663accustom
acetic10314503ac__etic
acidotic1355983acidotic
acmatic13311693ac_matic
acoustician1552813acoustician
acrobatic1587733acrobatic
acrostics1346983acrostics
acrotic112515543ac_rotic
agnostic1146713agnostic
agonistic1246683agonistic
agouti7388773agou_ti_
agoutis8286873agou_tis
agrestic1147923agrestic
aloetic9313183alo_etic
amnestic1247053amnestic
amoristic1347993amoristic
anoretic10312933anoretic
anosmic1137783ano_smic
aoristic10311163aoristic
aortic8316613a_o_rtic
aplastic1249243aplastic
apostil947903apo_stil
aquatic1838113a_quatic
aromatic12315633aromatic
artistic10310893artistic
asbestic1245383asbestic
atomistic1347773atomistic
autistic10310103autistic
azotic172711633azo__tic
bustic101012693__bustic
casuistic1344943casuistic
caustics1237483_caustics
clastic113013963_clastic
colitic112916193_colitic
comatic131816933_comatic
cometic131215723_cometic
cosmic12410343_co_smic
cousin8517163_cous_in
cultic105111903_c_ultic
cystic132710653_c_ystic
egoistic1147103egoistic
encaustic1343393encaustic
fustic11910633__fustic
gnostic1038433gno_stic
neustic937943_neustic
rustic8712673__rustic

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 Limit146162537.50019488.3
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691537.93622516.5
 
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