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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 “ephemera” 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.

26 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
ephemera155421(None) 
ephemerae1653271ephemerae
ephemeral1653881ephemeral
ephemeras1653571ephemeras
ephedra1344212ephe_dra
ephemerals1752562ephemerals
ephemerid1754312ephemerid
ephemeris1654632ephemeris
ephemeron1663012ephemeron
chimera14389273_chimera
echeveria1752313echeveria
ephebe1336063ephebe__
ephebes1436153ephebe_s
ephedras1444413ephe_dras
ephemerally2152603ephemerally
ephemerids1852813ephemerids
ephemerons1762633ephemerons
epimer10109153ep_imer_
epimere1186983ep_imere
epimers11109493ep_imers
etcetera1043183etcetera
exhedra1843303exhe_dra
exhumer1943463exhumer_
exhumers2043263exhumers
schemer1477963schemer_
schemers1576713schemers

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162266.83021400.0
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691267.25024647.0
 
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