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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 “sympathetics” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

29 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
sympathetics246276(None) 
sympathetic2353621sympathetic_
empathetic1954293_empathetic_
sympathies2054593sympath__ies
sympathins2053523sympath__ins
sympatholytics2971273sympatholytics
synthetics1844883sy__nthetics
unsympathetic2571203unsympathetic_
apathetic1647864__apathetic_
lymphatics2253504lymp__hatics
nymphetic2144774nymp__hetic_
pathetic15410964___pathetic_
sympathectomies2981444sympathectomies
sympathectomy3091414sympathectomy
sympathetically3062534sympathetically
sympathin1953864sympath__i_n
sympathise2053654sympath__ise
sympathises2153354sympath_ises
sympathising2361854sympathising
sympathize2953174sympath__ize
sympathizers3161804sympathizers
sympathizes3053014sympath_izes
sympathizing3252324sympathizing
sympatholytic2861884sympatholytic_
sympatico1844314sympa___tico
sympatric1864454sympat__ric_
sympatries1744694sympat__ries
synesthetic1953564synesthetic_
synthetic1746624sy__nthetic_

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790297.78316033.7
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.20221786.3
 
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