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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 “aesthetical” 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.

25 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
aesthetical165574(None) 
aesthetic1497842aesthetic__
aesthetically2156442aesthetically
aesthetician1763362aesthetician
aesthetics1595812aesthetic_s
aesthesia1245943aesthesi_a_
aesthesias1345693aesthesi_as
aestheticians1862743aestheticians
aestheticism1963103aestheticism
aestheticize2662613aestheticize
anesthetic1596483anesthetic__
anesthetically2254273anesthetically
anesthetics1694713anesthetic_s
antithetical1754863antithetical
arithmetical1962793arithmetical
ascetical1346273a_s_cetical
aspherical1754453a_spherical
epithetical1854613epithetical
esthetic13119773_esthetic__
esthetician1653643_esthetician
esthetics14106963_esthetic_s
metathetical1953753metathetical
parenthetical2062783parenthetical
pathetical1747503_pathetical
thetical1349123___thetical

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633254.96624493.2
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.37533244.8
 
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