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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 “cephalic” 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.

36 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
cephalic177790(None) 
acephalic1844931acephalic
cephalin1577981cephalin
cephalad1643842cephalad
cephalins1666602cephalins
kephalin1755642kephalin
aphasic142810063_aphasic
asphaltic1644603asphaltic
biphasic1744183biphasic
catholic15158383catholic
cembali13156043cembali_
cephalexin2452363cephalexin
cephalous1645383cephalous
cepheid1545433ceph_eid
ceramic1339823ce_ramic
chalice14311043c__halice
diphasic1645803diphasic
emphatic1747863emphatic
ephebic1646513_ephebic
ethylic1546323_ethylic
hepatic141712773hep_atic
kephalins1854553kephalins
mechanic1747613mechanic
mephitic1747143mephitic
methylic1846003methylic
nephric1446213neph_ric
omphali1444513omphali_
pachalic1757273pachalic
pashalic1546183pashalic
phallic1447293__phallic
phasic133612053__phasic
phatic133014413__phatic
phthalic1855573phthalic
phylic16279553__phylic
procephalic2253843procephalic
republic1442983republic

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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162366.93621073.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.42224075.9
 
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