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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 “heliotropism” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

26 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
heliotropism197346(None) 
heliotropisms2072591heliotropisms
heliotropes1654042heliotropes_
heliotropic1854642heliotropi_c
chemotropism2364073che_motropism
geotropism1574563ge__otropism
heliotrope1553773heliotrop__e
hydrotropism23103823hydrotropism
thermotropism22133603thermotropism
anisotropism1663514anisotropism
chemotropisms2463334che_motropisms
geotropisms1693654ge__otropisms
heliographs2047124heliographs_
heliotypes1843574heliot_ypes_
heliotypies1952464heliot_ypies
heliotyping2051844heliot_yping
helistops1444064helist_op_s_
helotism1347704hel_ot___ism
hemitropes1754484hemi_tropes_
hydrotropisms24102894hydrotropisms
meliorism1346234melio_r__ism
phototropism2156324phototropism
pleiotropic1774144pleiotropi_c
pleiotropies1653724pleiotropies
thermotropisms23142664thermotropisms
thigmotropism2372084thigmotropism

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 Filter1786911247900.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit124790267.68616236.0
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.12521992.7
 
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