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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 “hydrocephalic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

43 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
hydrocephalic296309(None) 
hydrocephalics3072541hydrocephalics
hydrocephalies2872872hydrocephalies
hydrocephalus2792312hydrocephalus
hydrocephaly2962522hydrocephal_y
hydrophilic2555193hydro__philic
microcephalic2363633microcephalic
procephalic2253843__procephalic
hydrocephaluses2971294hydrocephaluses
hydromechanics30102054hydromechanics
hydrophobic2784754hydro__phobic
hydrophytic2855474hydro__phytic
hydrospheric2663024hydro_spheric
microcephalics2482954microcephalics
acephalic1844935____acephalic
anencephalic2163035_anencephalic
cephalic1777905_____cephalic
diencephalic2262815_diencephalic
hydrocele1854575hydroce___l_e
hydroceles1954605hydroce___les
hydrodynamic2763435hydro_dynamic
hydrographic2756365hydrograph__ic
hydromechanical3181615hydromechanical
hydrometric2275895hydrome__tric
hydromorphic2864075hydromorph__ic
hydropathic2564955hydro__pathic
hydrophane2256335hydro__pha_ne
hydrophanes2356425hydro__phanes
hydrophobia2584365hydro__phobia
hydropic1947275hydro__p___ic
hydroponic2155875hydro__p_onic
hydrosolic1954615hydro___solic
hydrostatic2065235hydro__static
hydroxylic2954225hydro___xylic
hygrophytic2854035hygro__phytic
leptocephali2171975leptocephali_
mesencephalic2472595mesencephalic
metencephalic2472815metencephalic
microcephalies2573415microcephalies
microcephaly26103415microcephal_y
myelencephalic2882035myelencephalic
rhinencephalic2681995rhinencephalic
telencephalic2272735telencephalic

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit124790438.00015598.8
3Display Results43430.0301433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691438.64020681.8
 
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