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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhydrocephalies” 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.

12 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
hydrocephalies287285(None) 
hydrocephalics3072531hydrocephalics
hydrocephalic2963092hydrocephali_c
hydrocephalus2792312hydrocephal_us
hydrocephaluses2971282hydrocephaluses
hydrocephaly2962523hydrocephal__y
microcephalies2573403microcephalies
autocephalies2062474_autocephalies
hydroceles1954604hydroce___l_es
hydromechanics30102044hydromechanics
hydrophanes2356414hydro__pha_nes
microcephalics2482954microcephalics

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 Filter178691658740.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit65874125.39012221.5
3Display Results12120.016750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691125.49932495.2