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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 “kaleidoscopes” 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.

31 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
kaleidoscopes226146(None) 
kaleidoscope2161451kaleidoscope_
kaleidoscopic2471112kaleidoscopic
aeroscopes1448014_a_e_roscopes
endoscopes1545814___endoscopes
galvanoscopes2161434galvanoscopes
hagioscopes1953894ha_gi_oscopes
kinetoscopes2062494kine_toscopes
aeroscope1347685_a_e_roscope_
arthroscopes19125315_arthroscopes
baroscopes1646755ba___roscopes
bioscopes1546555___bi_oscopes
electroscopes19155705_electroscopes
endoscope1445655___endoscope_
endoscopies1654465___endoscopies
fetoscopes1745395__fe_toscopes
fluoroscopes19244405_fluoroscopes
galvanoscope2061415galvanoscope_
gastroscopes17104685ga_stroscopes
hagioscope1853695ha_gi_oscope_
hodoscopes1855785___hodoscopes
kinescopes1864215k___inescopes
kinetoscope1962445kine_toscope_
laparoscopes1873415la_paroscopes
laryngoscopes2161845laryngoscopes
nephoscopes2054295__nephoscopes
stereoscopes1654295_stereoscopes
stethoscopes1963815_stethoscopes
tachistoscopes23171495tachistoscopes
telescopes1445205tele___scopes
thermoscopes2164945_thermoscopes

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790318.43614792.6
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691318.87220141.0
 
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