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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 “phosphors” 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.

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
phosphors197654(None) 
phosphor1865101phosphor_
phosphore1967891phosphore
phosphores2078421phosphores
phosphori1966291phosphori
phosphorus2084821phosphorus
phosphids2084642phosphids
phosphins1995882phosphins
phosphoric2266442phosphoric
phosphorous2173942phosphorous
phosphoryl2353782phosphoryl
phosphoryls2453272phosphoryls
phosphate1977273phosphate
phosphates2087163phosphates
phosphene1996243phosphene
phosphenes2076553phosphenes
phosphid1985613phosph_id
phosphide2065253phosphide
phosphides2175363phosphides
phosphin1865543phosph_in
phosphine19106503phosphine
phosphines20116403phosphines
phosphite1997123phosphite
phosphites2087043phosphites
phosphoresce2462713phosphoresce
phosphorite2155383phosphorite
phosphorites2254693phosphorites
phosphoruses2253843phosphoruses
photophore2058633photophore
photophores2159113photophores
prospers123012263prosp_ers
shophars1646353sho_phars

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641327.84618944.8
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691328.29521542.0
 
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