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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 “photovoltaics” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
photovoltaics236262(None) 
photovoltaic2263081photovoltaic_
photomosaics2163153photomo_saics
photomontages2162734photomontages
photomosaic2054094photomo_saic_
chocoholics2052135chocohol__ics
phonotactics2162615phonotact_ics
photobiologic2365205photobiologic_
photobiologies2265155photobiologies
photocopies2058915photoco__pies
photogeologic2263735photogeologic_
photogeologies2163895photogeologies
photolysis1846705phot__olysi_s
photolytic2047725phot__olytic_
photometric2058605photo_metric_
photometries1968335photo_metries
photomontage2062945photomonta_ge
photonics1649355phot__o__nics
photoplays2054725photo_pl_a_ys
photopolymers2572245photopolymers
photostatic1857115phot__ostatic_
photostats1547065phot__osta_ts
phototactic2055295phototact_ic_
phototaxes2246665phot__o_taxes
phototaxies2356225phot__o_taxies
phototaxis2256505phot__o_taxis
phototoxic2456665phototo__xic_
protonotaries1563175protono_taries

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790288.20315212.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.60920756.3
 
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