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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 “apotheces” 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.

35 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
apotheces164401(None) 
apothece1543771apothece_
apothecia1644012apothecia
apothegms1742092apothegms
apothems1544222apothe_ms
apotheoses1543872apotheoses
aesthetes1246233aesthetes
anopheles1446643anopheles
antheses11311473a_ntheses
apathies1339003apath_ies
apheses12610703ap__heses
apogees1037103apo_ge_es
apophases1647973apophases
apophyges2044873apophyges
apophyses1946113apophyses
apothecaries1952703apothecaries
apothecary2051733apothecary
apothecial1753503apothecial
apothecium1952573apothecium
apothegm1652123apothe_gm
apothem1444643apoth__em
apotheosis1553653apotheosis
hypothecs2244133hypothec_s
hypotheses2155763hypotheses
isotheres1246333isotheres
naphthenes1852883naphthenes
potences12710693_potences
potheads14298543_potheads
potheen12257893_pothe_en
potheens13266483_potheens
potherbs15387123_potherbs
pothered142311043_pothered
pothers123818623_pothe_rs
potholes13312933_potholes
protheses1449073protheses

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit148641356.22023897.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.74926476.7
 
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