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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 “holocene” 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.

29 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
holocene134614(None) 
holocrine1495342holocrine
colicine12312993colicine
colocate12313443colocate
cologne1039363colo_gne
colone85425003colo__ne
eocene8311613__eocene
halocline1445343halocline
halogen1138393halogen_
halogens1237363halogens
holden104113953hol_den_
hologyny1843143hologyny
holotype1644883holotype
holpen11299413hol_pen_
homogeny1745623homogeny
honoree10412113honore_e
hoochie1537803ho_ochie
hypogene1746943hypogene
miocene1147923_miocene
obscene1145243_obscene
oligocene1252753_oligocene
paleocene1345003paleocene
photogene1547783photogene
pliocene1244593pliocene
polyene1259363pol_yene
polygene1456693polygene
polytene1367603polytene
pulicene1245723pulicene
toluene736463tol_uene

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162296.28323263.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.71926594.9
 
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