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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 “photocopiers” 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.

27 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
photocopiers215496(None) 
photocopier2066491photocopier_
photocopies2058911photocopie_s
photocopied2156392photocopie_d
phenocopies2055863phenocopie_s
photocomposers25342843photocomposers
horoscopies1856104_horoscopie_s
otoscopies1455124__otoscopie_s
philosophers22143304philosophers
phonologies17410004phonologie_s
phonotypies2154464phonotypie_s
photocomposer24413884photocomposer_
photocomposes24344724photocomposes
photocopy2155644photocop___y
photocopying2563744photocopying
photographers2457174photographers
photoionizes2655304photoionizes
photometers1848444photo_meters
photopias16410144phot__opi_as
photopolymers2572244photopolymers
photosetters1773924photosetters
photosphere2155924photo_sphere
photospheres2255804photo_spheres
phototaxies2356224phototaxie_s
phototropisms2264684phototropisms
phototypes2046514phototyp_e_s
phytologies2049044phytologie_s

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 Filter1786911247900.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit124790276.89018111.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.32924381.4
 
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