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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 “hydromechanical” 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.

27 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
hydromechanical318161(None) 
hydromechanics30102042hydromechanic_s
biomechanical2462334__biomechanical
photomechanical2971884photomechanical
pyrotechnical2562434py_rotech_nical
aeromechanics2261955_aeromechanic_s
hydrocephalic2963095hydrocephalic__
hydrocephalics3072535hydrocephalic_s
hydrodynamical2972335hydro_dynamical
mechanical19115735_____mechanical
nonmechanical2273025__nonmechanical
biomechanically2971866__biomechanically
biomechanics2372136__biomechanic_s
biotechnical2162866__biotech_nical
geotechnical2082386__geotech_nical
hydrobiological2763586hydrobiological
hydrocephalies2872866hydrocephali_es
hydrological2246486hydro___logical
hydromancies2353876hydrom___ancies
hydromancy2483446hydrom___an_c_y
hydrometric2275896hydrome__tric__
mechanicals2093756_____mechanicals
pyromaniacal2161966py_rom___aniacal
pyrotechnic2352886py_rotech_nic__
pyrotechnically3072166py_rotech_nically
pyrotechnics2462506py_rotech_nic_s
zootechnical2861956__zootech_nical

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 Filter178691950240.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit95024277.94011967.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.06222164.6
 
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