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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhydrocephalics” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
hydrocephalics307254(None) 
hydrocephalic2963091hydrocephalic_
hydrocephalies2872871hydrocephalies
hydrocephalus2792312hydrocephal_us
hydrocephaluses2971293hydrocephaluses
hydrocephaly2962523hydrocephal__y
hydromechanics30102053hydromechanics
microcephalics2482953microcephalics
hydrophilic2555194hydro__philic_
microcephalic2363634microcephalic_
microcephalies2573414microcephalies
procephalic2253844__procephalic_
autocephalies2062485_autocephalies
hydroceles1954605hydroce___l_es
hydrodynamics2863015hydro_dynamics
hydromechanical3181615hydromechanical
hydrophanes2356425hydro__pha_nes
hydrophobias2693835hydro__phobias
hydrophobic2784755hydro__phobic_
hydrophytic2855475hydro__phytic_
hydroponics2254775hydro__p_onics
hydrospheric2663025hydro_spheric_
hydrostatics2174005hydro__statics

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024235.45317426.0
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691235.81230745.2