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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 “anesthetic” 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.

36 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
anesthetic159648(None) 
aesthetic1497841a_esthetic
anaesthetic16114161anaesthetic
anesthetics1694711anesthetics
aesthetics1595812a_esthetics
anaesthetics17103052anaesthetics
anesthesia1354432anesthesia
anesthetist1454032anesthetist
anesthetize23113222anesthetize
antithetic1547402antithetic
esthetic13119772__esthetic
kinesthetic2052572kinesthetic
paresthetic1854582paresthetic
synesthetic1953562synesthetic
unaesthetic16123392unaesthetic
aesthesia1245943a_esthesia
aesthete1145853a_esthet_e
aesthetes1246233a_esthetes
aesthetical1655743a_esthetical
aetheric13410163a_e_theric
anaesthesia1452923anaesthesia
anesthesias1454033anesthesias
anesthetists1552733anesthetists
anesthetized25112703anesthetized
anesthetizes24132983anesthetizes
anorthitic1553913anorthitic
anthemic15410323an__themic
apathetic1647853a_pathetic
asthenic1378633a__sthenic
enthetic131110613__enthetic
epenthetic1753803epenthetic
esthetics14106963__esthetics
nonaesthetic1763463nonaesthetic
parenthetic1854373parenthetic
preanesthetic2061513preanesthetic
prosthetic1797353prosthetic

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603365.64324916.4
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.06229477.2
 
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