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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 “polycentric” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
polycentric205358(None) 
polycentrism2182282polycentrism
concentric1346133co_ncentric
polycentrisms2261673polycentrisms
polycystic2253563polycyst_ic
polyenic1547673poly_en__ic
polygenetic1953783polygenetic
polygenic1746493polygen__ic
polymeric1846873polyme__ric
telocentric1553793telocentric
topocentric1753213topocentric
acentric1247534___acentric
acrocentric1454194acrocentric
areocentric1553794areocentric
bicentric1544284__bicentric
bolometric1646474bolome_tric
centric11312404____centric
dicentric1445604__dicentric
eccentric1243924__eccentric
egocentric1554294_egocentric
geocentric1554884_geocentric
glyceric1643934_glyce__ric
heliocentric1982694heliocentric
metacentric1753634metacentric
phallocentric2261504phallocentric
plyometric1955724p_lyometric
polyanthi17123614poly_anthi_
polycistronic2261324polycistronic
polyclinic1953394polyc_linic
polycyclic2152944polyc_yclic
polygenesis1754064polygenesis
polyhistoric2262324polyhistoric
polymathic2254104poly_mathic
polypeptidic2161314polypeptidic
polyphenolic2461674polyphenolic
polypneic1854064poly_pn_eic
polysemic1844894polyse__mic
polytechnic2372344polytechnic
polyuric1555624poly___uric
telocentrics1662944telocentrics
theocentric1854164theocentric
uneccentric1461954uneccentric
volumetric1753424volume_tric

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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819437.95318712.3
3Display Results43430.0301433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691438.41921224.7
 
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