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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 “hydromechanicala” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

32 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
hydromechanical3181611hydromechanical_
hydromechanics30102053hydromechanic__s
biomechanical2462335__biomechanical_
photomechanical2971895photomechanical_
pyrotechnical2562435py_rotech_nical_
aeromechanics2261956_aeromechanic__s
biomechanically2971866__biomechanically
hydrocephalic2963096hydrocephalic___
hydrocephalics3072546hydrocephalic__s
hydrodynamical2972346hydro_dynamical_
mechanical19115736_____mechanical_
mechanicals2093756_____mechanicals
nonmechanical2273026__nonmechanical_
pyrotechnically3072166py_rotech_nically
biomechanics2372137__biomechanic__s
biotechnical2162867__biotech_nical_
geotechnical2082387__geotech_nical_
hydrobiological2763587hydrobiological_
hydrocephalies2872877hydrocephali__es
hydrocephaly2962527hydroceph____aly
hydrological2246487hydro___logical_
hydromancies2353887hydrom___an_cies
hydromancy2483447hydrom___an_c__y
hydrometric2275897hydrome__tric___
hydronically2455247hydro_____nically
hydroponically2863207hydro___ponically
hydrostatically2762477hydro__statically
mechanically2455597_____mechanically
pyromaniacal2161967py_rom___aniacal_
pyrotechnic2352887py_rotech_nic___
pyrotechnics2462507py_rotech_nic__s
zootechnical2861957__zootech_nical_

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 Limit95024327.79612188.8
3Display Results32320.0301066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691328.18621828.9
 
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