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

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

26 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
laparotomies168250(None) 
laparoscopies1962673laparoscopies
laparotomy1751943laparotom__y
acarologies1446064_acarologies
aeronomies12118324_a_eronomies
agronomies13135914_a_gronomies
anatomies11159694_ana__tomies
astronomies1345964_astronomies
autotomies1248084_a_utotomies
gastronomies1553694gastronomies
laboratories1482314laboratories
laparoscopes1873414laparoscopes
lavatories1345034lava__tories
leukotomies1753674l_eukotomies
lipectomies1754154lip_ectomies
lithotomies1654204l_ithotomies
lobotomies1444834l__obotomies
microtomies1748554_microtomies
necrotomies1556454_necrotomies
neurotomies1357044_neurotomies
ovariotomies1752164_ovariotomies
papyrologies2073604papyrologies
parotoids1256954__paroto_ids
taphonomies1853424tap_honomies
vagotomies1643994__vagotomies
vasotomies1544494__vasotomies

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 Filter1786911247900.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit124790268.39014873.7
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.77920354.4
 
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