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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 “telephone” 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.

37 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
telephone144564(None) 
telephoned1654021telephoned
telephoner1554041telephoner
telephones1545691telephones
telephony1743861telephony
cellphone1644182cellphone
telephoners1653322telephoners
telephonic1754762telephonic
telephonies1654902telephonies
telephoto1453182telephoto
telethon1145992telethon_
telethons1246022telethons
allophone1446313allophone
cellphones1744173cellphones
earphone1348253_earphone
elaphine1346113_elaphine
elephant1347553_elephant
ethephon1643473ethephon_
ethephons1743373ethephons
geophone1447433ge_ophone
headphone18124733headphone
megaphone1744743megaphone
mellophone1753973mellophone
peephole1545983pe_ephole
polyphone1946613polyphone
sulphone1345983sul_phone
telegony1244223tele_gony
telephoning1753233telephoning
telephonist1694963telephonist
telephotos1552613telephotos
teleport1048643telep_ort
telescope1355063telescope
teleshop1344713telesho_p
teleshops1444783teleshops
telophase1445093telophase
trephine1338933t_rephine
xylophone2444403xylophone

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641377.25320493.7
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.68623248.9
 
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