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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 “stereochemistrya” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

23 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
stereochemistry25111831stereochemistry_
petrochemistry2672274petr_ochemistry_
thermochemistry3082214thermochemistry_
biogeochemistry28101765biogeochemistry_
geochemistry2362545___geochemistry_
neurochemistry2492545_neurochemistry_
stereochemical2372515stereochemi__cal
biochemistry2462596___biochemistry_
cosmochemistry2881916_cosmochemistry_
cytochemistry28102446__cytochemistry_
histochemistry2792216_histochemistry_
immunochemistry2682036immunochemistry_
photochemistry29103436_photochemistry_
phytochemistry32102956_phytochemistry_
radiochemistry2572236_radiochemistry_
thermochemist2573706thermochemist___
thermochemists2672946thermochemist__s
chemistry1944437______chemistry_
geochemist1854987___geochemist___
geochemistries2271677___geochemistries
geochemists1954297___geochemist__s
neurochemist1964547_neurochemist___
neurochemists2063587_neurochemist__s

Search took 10 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024239.03010523.1
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691239.40618997.6
 
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