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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 “hydrophones” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

26 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
hydrophones235638(None) 
hydrophanes2356421hydrophanes
hydrophone2256401hydrophone_
hydrophane2256332hydrophane_
hydrophytes2655842hydrophytes
hydroplanes2055872hydroplanes
homophones2048383h_omophones
hydrophobia2584363hydrophobia
hydrophobias2693833hydrophobias
hydrophobic2784753hydrophobic
hydrophyte2555753hydrophyte_
hydroplane1955843hydroplane_
hydroplaned2154163hydroplaned
hydroponic2155873hydrop_onic
hydroponics2254773hydrop_onics
hydropower2253433hydrop_ower
hydropowers2352803hydrop_owers
hydropses1846033hydrop__ses
hydropsies1945943hydrop_sies
hydrospheres2453393hydrospheres
hygrophytes2654123hygrophytes
ideophones1644653_ideophones
microphones2048753microphones
radiophones1754893radiophones
videophones2053073videophones
xylophones2544503xy_lophones

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633264.81325271.8
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.96935961.2
 
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