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

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
hydrocephalies287287(None) 
hydrocephalics3072541hydrocephalics
hydrocephalic2963092hydrocephali_c
hydrocephalus2792312hydrocephal_us
hydrocephaluses2971292hydrocephaluses
hydrocephaly2962523hydrocephal__y
microcephalies2573413microcephalies
autocephalies2062484_autocephalies
hydroceles1954604hydroce___l_es
hydromechanics30102054hydromechanics
hydrophanes2356424hydro__pha_nes
microcephalics2482954microcephalics
anencephalies20112915_anencephalies
hydrocele1854575hydroce___l_e_
hydrogenases20104615hydroge_na_ses
hydrogenates20115075hydroge_na_tes
hydrographies2675805hydrograph__ies
hydropathies2454315hydro__pathies
hydrophane2256335hydro__pha_ne_
hydrophilic2555195hydro__phili_c
hydrophobias2693835hydro__phobias
hydrophones2356385hydro__ph_ones
hydrophytes2655845hydro__ph_ytes
hydroplanes2055875hydro__pla_nes
hydropsies1945945hydro__p__sies
hydrospaces22123875hydro_sp_a_ces
hydrospheres2453395hydro_sph_eres
hydrotherapies2663525hydrotherapies
hydroxyprolines3491445hydroxyprolines
microcephalic2363635microcephali_c
procephalic2253845__procephali_c

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024316.64014310.8
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.01325480.0
 
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