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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 “hecticly” 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.

30 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
hecticly184300(None) 
hectic132311522hectic__
hectical1547932hectical
hectically2049602hectically
heftily1635762hefti_ly
anticly12410053_anticly
chestily1645523chesti_ly
chicly16429203__chicly
cyclicly1742613cyclicly
denticle1137773denticle
fetidly1435013fe_tidly
hastily133010663hasti_ly
headily1478623headi_ly
heartily1436563hearti_ly
heatedly1546053heatedly
heavily1665903heavi_ly
meatily12311093meati_ly
mysticly1843323mysticly
pectic122913873pectic__
pettily1238173petti_ly
rectally1339713rectally
rectify1536453recti_fy
reticle94112623re_ticle
rusticly1345183rusticly
sectile9311973secti_le
techily1537123techi_ly
testicle1037443testicle
testily102910803testi_ly
unchicly1843883unchicly
zestily19167563zesti_ly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.873204686.1
2DLD Change Limit146162307.54619369.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.43521184.5
 
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