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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 “xerophile” 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
xerophile214630(None) 
xenophile2145431xenophile
xerophily2445011xerophily
enophile1348722_enophile
hemophile1947272hemophile
oenophile1445762oenophile
pedophile17115752pedophile
turophile1475882turophile
xenophiles2245422xenophiles
xerophilies2354992xerophilies
xerophyte2445392xerophyte
aerophobe1646293aerophobe
aerophore1448233aerophore
aerophyte1747203aerophyte
basophile1644693basophile
enophiles1448433_enophiles
erewhile1473673_erewhile
halophile1746003halophile
hemophiles2047273hemophiles
heterophile19135273heterophile
homophile1948103homophile
logophile15115103logophile
lyophile1645963_lyophile
mycophile2145123mycophile
negrophil1554953negrophil_
negrophils1655083negrophils
nemophila1654753nemophila
oenophiles1545703oenophiles
pedophiles18105873pedophiles
rheophile1744513rheophile
spermophile2053373spermophile
thermophile2154653thermophile
turophiles1565983turophiles
xenophobe2354023xenophobe
xerophilous2353293xerophilous
xerophytes2545523xerophytes
zoophile2246453_zoophile

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641376.72022119.2
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.17224915.1
 
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