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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 “chemicals” 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.

28 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
chemicals184560(None) 
chemical1748391chemical_
chemically2248312chemically
chemics16349582chemic__s
clericals1345352clericals
alchemical1954423alchemical_
biochemicals2363223biochemicals
chamisas15317813chamisa_s
chemic153012093chemic___
chemises153211983chemi_ses
chemisms17278213chemi_sms
chemists152710323chemi_sts
chicas135916473ch__ica_s
chymics19295533chymic__s
clerical1248233clerical_
comical13312223c_omical_
cosmical1448013cosmical_
criminals1346293criminals
cyclicals1543263cyclicals
gremials1136133gremi_als
helical12311153_helical_
hemiolas1387063_hemiolas
medicals1349363_medicals
meticals12310763_meticals
nonchemicals21103623nonchemicals
pemicans1447043_pemicans
physicals1943693physicals
thetical1349123thetical_

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 Limit148641287.04621095.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.48523873.2
 
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