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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 “melic” 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.

80 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
melic9472233(None) 
malic94525661malic
medic104619651medic
mesic93617861mesic
relic74623361relic
telic76019821telic
amebic1239112amebic
amylic13108712amylic
atelic8313702atelic
aulic74420242aulic
belie75630382belie
beylic1337822beylic
celiac101910432celiac
ceric94023092ceric
colic95726172colic
deli55631292deli_
delict94320332delict
delis64928542delis
deltic9312502deltic
demic105119192demic
emetic10614452emetic
emic86422752_emic
epic86921302_epic
etic66123952_etic
felid94717172felid
felsic1147052felsic
flic96223732_flic
folic105319322folic
gelid74916982gelid
genic85119392genic
heliac111010892heliac
helio85321192helio
helix154413012helix
hemic125718622hemic
kelim11912552kelim
mafic125615462mafic
magic105818652magic
malice104818482malice
manic94629442manic
mealie82519812mealie
media84721712media
medick154010132medick
medico113711162medico
medics114115352medics
medii84513492medii
mel56047482mel__
melanic11310402melanic
meld75830472mel_d
melds84822382melds
melee73729102melee
mell64935612mel_l
mells75031332mells
melodic1238542melodic
meloid9616002meloid
melon73922082melon
mels65941532mel_s
melt65752892mel_t
melts74930102melts
melty104918362melty
merc87225622me_rc
merit7339182merit
merlin83916682merlin
metis75025902metis
metric10314672metric
mic77647642m__ic
milia72719572milia
mimic111414322mimic
music94316402music
myelin1138972myelin
oleic7313332oleic
pelvic13307552pelvic
relics84517902relics
relict83623902relict
relit55340682relit
salic73424712salic
sepic94617052sepic
stelic8313082stelic
telia55821142telia
xenic144114642xenic
xeric144315662xeric

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit53800801.48336277.8
3Display Results80800.0165000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691801.595112032.0
 
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