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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 “hydrocephalus” 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.

33 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
hydrocephalus279231(None) 
hydrocephalic2963092hydrocephalic
hydrocephalics3072542hydrocephalics
hydrocephalies2872872hydrocephalies
hydrocephaluses2971292hydrocephaluses
hydrocephaly2962522hydrocephal_y
hydroceles1954604hydroce___les
hydrophanes2356424hydro__phanes
leptocephalus2271664leptocephalus
autocephalous2072325_autocephalous
hydrocasts1954715hydroc___asts
hydrocele1854575hydroce___l_e
hydrocracks2652755hydroc__racks
hydrogels1764335hydroge___l_s
hydrogenases20104615hydroge_nases
hydrogenates20115075hydroge_nates
hydrogenous1953955hydroge__nous
hydromechanics30102055hydromechanics
hydromels1844795hydrome___l_s
hydropaths2255675hydro__p_aths
hydrophane2256335hydro__pha_ne
hydrophilic2555195hydro__philic
hydrophones2356385hydro__phones
hydrophytes2655845hydro__phytes
hydroplanes2055875hydro__planes
hydrospaces22123875hydro_sp_aces
hydrospheres2453395hydro_spheres
hygrophilous2462015hygro__philous
microcephalic2363635microcephalic
microcephalics2482955microcephalics
microcephalies2573415microcephalies
microcephaly26103415microcephal_y
procephalic2253845__procephalic

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790339.33013375.1
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691339.73318359.3
 
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