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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 “exotic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
exotic15311265(None) 
erotic82620271erotic
exonic153211411exonic
exotica16257601exotica
exotics16229191exotics
axonic154312722axonic
azotic172711632azotic
biotic103816612biotic
cerotic11415062cerotic
demotic12412352demotic
emetic10614452emetic
enatic8317562enatic
enolic8413352enolic
ergotic1049722ergotic
erotica92811512erotica
erotics91914152erotics
etic66123952e__tic
exilic1597782exilic
exocytic2244872exocytic
exosmic1844372exosmic
exoteric1746802exoteric
exotism1638122exotism
exotoxic1645152exotoxic
kenotic1359712kenotic
ketotic1348642ketotic
lotic76420672_lotic
meiotic11410932meiotic
miotic103715752miotic
myotic133112312myotic
nepotic11310562nepotic
otic66624822__otic
photic133316442photic
ptotic102713372ptotic
rhotic112711232rhotic
unexotic1743872unexotic
xerotic16410862xerotic

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.43633887.9
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.79563932.4
 
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