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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 “encephalopathic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

22 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
encephalopathic298141(None) 
encephalopathy29111672encephalopath_y
encephalitic2163374encephal__it_ic
nephropathic2462504_n_eph_ropathic
cephalometric2463065__cephalometric
cephalothin2162595__cephalo__thin
encephalitis1963615encephal__it_is
encephalograph27142525encephalograph__
encephalographs28142215encephalograph_s
encephalography31132235encephalograph_y
allelopathic19101846alle___lopathic
cephalothins2262356__cephalo__thins
encephala1653886encephal__a____
encephalogram2372286encephalo__gram
encephalograms2471936encephalo_grams
encephalon1753686encephalo_____n
encyclopaedic2271586enc__yclopaedic
myelopathic2352886_mye___lopathic
nephelometric2262456_n_ephelometric
nephropathies2362296_n_eph_ropathies
nephropathy2462136_n_eph_ropath_y
neuropathic1854686_n_e__uropathic

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024228.07611766.2
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691228.45221141.9
 
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