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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 “thoracic” 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.

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
thoracic154639(None) 
boracic1338722_boracic
choragic1646062choragic
thoracal1344912thoracal
thoraces13118942thoraces
thoric114314042thor__ic
characid1646863characid
characin1547993characin
choragi1346683choragi_
choreatic1647713choreatic
choreic1438703chor_eic
choric133515903chor__ic
dioramic1346763dioramic
prothoracic2054003prothoracic
sporadic1345053sporadic
tetracid1147263tetracid
tetradic1145813tetradic
thalamic1545553thalamic
thematic152011493thematic
theocratic1755323theocratic
theoretic1446663theoretic
thermic1439333ther_mic
thiouracil1551853thiouracil
thorax1638253thora__x
thoraxes1896363thoraxes
thoria93012893thor__ia
toric76529313t_or__ic
tornadic1144843t_ornadic
tragic93811553t__ragic

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162297.61019206.6
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.04622208.7
 
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