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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 “phonics” 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.

40 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
phonics14311072(None) 
aphonics15259521aphonics
phobics16286701phobics
phonic133315211phonic_
phonies123717511phonies
photics142810481photics
aphonias132611142aphonias
aphonic142713392aphonic_
atonics93613712atonics
bionics114310872bionics
chronics1538682chronics
conics103920592_conics
ebonics1137192ebonics
ionics84214482_ionics
ovonics12245552ovonics
panics103815362p_anics
peonies93620152peonies
phobias14228182phobias
phobic153010072phobic_
phonemics1844932phonemics
phones114121212phon_es
phonetics1646732phonetics
phoneys15437142phoneys
phonied133710562phonied
phonier122710632phonier
phoniest132811542phoniest
phonily1537102phonily
phoning13312052phoning
phonons123310252phonons
phonos114114792phon_os
phons105221142phon__s
photic133316442photic_
photonics1649352photonics
physics17265962physics
picnics13297342picnics
pionic103515952pionic_
ponies84833462p_onies
pyknics1842482pyknics
sonics84315632_sonics
tonics83617862_tonics

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671403.23333303.7
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.62549294.1
 
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