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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 “heterocycle” 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.

31 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
heterocycle216311(None) 
heterocycles2263151heterocycles
heterocyclic2163162heterocyclic
exercycle2371833_exer_cycle
heteroclite1654363heteroclite
heterocyclics2262623heterocyclics
heterocyst1854463heterocy_st
heterocysts1953733heterocysts
heterodyne17113563heterody_ne
heterophile19135273heterophile
enterocoele1362874enterocoele
exercycles2461744_exer_cycles
hemicycle2152364h__emicycle
heterocercal1962744heterocercal
heteroclites1754044heteroclites
heteroduplex2561654heteroduplex
heterodyned19123074heterodyned
heterodynes18134164heterodynes
heterolyses1755194heterolyses
heterolysis1754934heterolysis
heterolytic1955084heterolytic
heteronym1774294heterony__m
heteronyms1874234heterony_ms
heterophil1895664heterophil_
heterophylly2662574heterophylly
heterotic1449024heterotic__
heterotypic21124514heterotypic
heterozygote2862254heterozygote
motorcycle1952094motor_cycle
pericycle1843114__pericycle
tricycle1543894__t_ricycle

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819318.59317318.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691319.03219784.2
 
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