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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 “neurochemical” 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.

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
neurochemical226408(None) 
neurochemicals2372831neurochemicals
petrochemical2463912petrochemical
agrochemical2283893_agrochemical
geochemical2154523ge__ochemical
neurochemist1964543neurochemi_st
neurochemists2063583neurochemists
petrochemicals2572733petrochemicals
agrichemical22102784_agrichemical
agrochemicals23102834_agrochemicals
biochemical2254354__biochemical
cosmochemical2362764cosmochemical
cytochemical2364144_cytochemical
electrochemical2372724electrochemical
histochemical2563124histochemical
immunochemical2492284immunochemical
neurochemistry2492544neurochemistry
neurohumoral1771634neuro_humoral
neurological1547334neuro_logical
neurosurgical1661834neurosurgical
nonchemical2075614n__onchemical
photochemical27124984photochemical
phytochemical30164254phytochemical
radiochemical2362774radiochemical
stereochemical2372514stereochemical
thermochemical2873084thermochemical

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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024267.45312749.8
3Display Results26260.030866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691267.82622833.0
 
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