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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 “anaerobes” 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
anaerobes114499(None) 
anaerobe1044821anaerobe_
aerobes9311492__aerobes
anaerobia1184112anaerobia
anaerobic1394392anaerobic
aerobe8412403__aerobe_
agaroses938823aga_roses
amarones10311353ama_rones
amauroses1144473amauroses
anabioses1145403anabioses
anacruses1145523anacruses
anaerobioses1461593anaerobioses
anaerobium1452443anaerobium
anagoges10187243ana_goges
anemones10249473an_emones
anemoses10159433an_emoses
anergies9310453an_ergies
aneroids9310203an_eroids
ankerites1348523ankerites
anserines9411293anserines
anserous8410543ansero_us
antelopes1146873antelopes
anterooms11119603anterooms
ararobas1046183ara_robas
banderoles1344853banderoles
enrobes92211113en__robes
garderobes1452293garderobes
saprobes1237033_saprobes
unrobes9269733un__robes

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.59319576.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.06222164.6
 
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