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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 “anopheles” 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
anopheles144664(None) 
anophelines1653732anophelines
enophiles1448432enophiles
adoptees1145123adopte_es
anaphases1446533anaphases
aneles64626293an___eles
anetholes1246673anetholes
anoles64827433ano___les
anopheline1554103anopheline
antheses11311473an_theses
anywheres1842343anywheres
apheses12610703a__pheses
apophases1647973apophases
apophyges2044873apophyges
apophyses1946113apophyses
apotheces1644013apotheces
basophiles1744783basophiles
enophile1348723enophile_
enspheres1486083enspheres
halophiles1845883halophiles
inspheres1455403inspheres
knotholes1644173knotholes
loopholes1448893loopholes
nopales93812523_nop_ales
nowheres1437513_nowheres
oenophiles1545703oenophiles
unspheres1455363unspheres
xenophiles2245423xenophiles
zoophiles2356523zoophiles

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641296.95321378.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.38924183.4
 
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