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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 “biosciences” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

45 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
biosciences175275(None) 
bioscience1652821bioscience_
geosciences1652952geosciences
bioscientist1662613bioscientist
consciences1447023consciences
geoscience1552653geoscience_
nesciences1446253_nesciences
nonsciences1556093nonsciences
presciences17127273presciences
sciences1238783___sciences
subsciences1764363subsciences
antisciences1653364antisciences
biocenose1343544bio_c_enose
biocenoses1443974bio_c_enoses
biocides1336934bio_ci__des
biocoenoses1552344bio_coenoses
biogenies1248514bio__genies
biosafeties1651664biosafeties
bioscientists1762174bioscientists
bioscopes1546554biosc__opes
bioscopies1645384biosc_opies
biospheres1765144biosphe_res
bivalences17104344bi_valences
coincidences1683524coincidences
conscience1347054conscience_
dissidences15164134dissidences
ethnosciences2061494ethnosciences
hyoscines1744174hyosci_n_es
incidences1547134_i_ncidences
insolences1247114_insolences
licences12129334li__c_ences
mischances1946374mi_schances
nascences1346234_nasc_ences
nescience1356374_nescience_
neurosciences1762644neurosciences
nonscience1456234nonscience_
omnisciences1862444omnisciences
oscines9310364__osci_n_es
oscitances14104244__oscitances
prescience16157294prescience_
quiescences2454214quiesc_ences
science1138794___science_
subscience1664544subscience_
violences1445494vio__lences
virescences18134544viresc_ences

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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819459.09316366.3
3Display Results45450.0331363.6
 (SQL Overall)178691459.53218746.4
 
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