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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 “sphene” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

36 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
sphene11341240(None) 
sphenes123013161sphenes
sphere113313661sphere
achene11313812achene
ephebe1336062ephebe
ethene93312922ethene
phone105621932_phone
saphena1235862saphena
saphenae1344852saphenae
scene77220572s_cene
scheme1379632scheme
sene46848052s__ene
serene63522352serene
sheen85023312s_heen
shend94719972s_hend
shent85933502s_hent
shine85533092s_hine
shone83725982s_hone
skene96118122s_kene
spahee11313442spahe_e
spence103813792sp_ence
spend85619332sp_end
spense83912432sp_ense
spent75532832sp_ent
sphenic1449092sphenic
sphered133512312sphered
spheres123114352spheres
sphery14318882sphery
sphinx1866202sphinx
sphynx2152612sphynx
spine76534422sp_ine
spleen8310262spleen
splent84720192splent
spline86020532spline
spree74830862spre_e
sprent84522382sprent

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551362.19037694.5
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691362.57669367.6
 
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