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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 “hydrophobias” 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.

28 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
hydrophobias269383(None) 
hydrophobia2584361hydrophobia_
hydrophobic2784752hydrophobi_c
acrophobias2053933_acrophobias
homophobias2354733h_omophobias
hydrophones2356383hydropho_nes
hydroponics2254773hydrop_onics
negrophobias2063083negrophobias
acrophobia1954424_acrophobia_
agoraphobias2081694agoraphobias
homophobia2255214h_omophobia_
hydrofoils2053514hydro_fo_ils
hydrologies1948184hydro_logies
hydropathies2454314hydropathies
hydrophanes2356424hydroph_anes
hydrophilic2555194hydrophili_c
hydrophobicity33101374hydrophobicity
hydrophone2256404hydropho__ne
hydrophytes2655844hydroph_ytes
hydrophytic2855474hydrophyti_c
hydroponic2155874hydrop_oni_c
hydropowers2352804hydrop_owers
hydropsies1945944hydrop__sies
hydrothorax2862454hydrotho_rax
negrophobia1963534negrophobia_
photophobias2455124photophobias
xenophobias2593244_xenophobias
zoophobias2653454__zoophobias

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit124790286.12620370.6
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.29528386.2
 
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