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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 “colotomies” 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.

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
colotomies144706(None) 
colostomies1555011colostomies
colectomies1756762colectomies
lobotomies1444832lobotomies
xylotomies2253852xylotomies
zootomies2046142zo_otomies
autotomies1248083autotomies
collotypies1852733collotypies
colonies103620013col__onies
colophonies1855633colophonies
colotomy1545403colotom__y
cooties93725733co_ot__ies
cystotomies1854503cystotomies
hologamies1645873hologamies
lobotomise1453183lobotomise
lobotomises1553143lobotomises
lobotomizes2452683lobotomizes
monosomies1447833monosomies
monotonies1248773monotonies
ostomies10310583_o_stomies
tenotomies1247133tenotomies
vagotomies1643993vagotomies
vasotomies1544493vasotomies

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603236.53321522.0
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691236.96925640.8
 
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