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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 “leptospires” 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.

24 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
leptospires155224(None) 
leptospire1452041leptospire_
leptospiral1561512leptospiral
leptospiroses1771082leptospiroses
leprosies1146803lepros_i_es
leptosomes1453873leptos_omes
leptospirosis177873leptospirosis
acrospires1444074_acrospires
aeciospores1553034aeciospores
blastospores1662074blastospores
endospores1345304_endospores
exospores1845484_e_xospores
heptoses1338374heptos___es
leptophos1682914lepto_p_hos
leptophoses1853904leptophoses
leptosome1344204leptos_ome_
leptotenes1254164lepto_tenes
pentosides1365044pentos_ides
peptonizes2346404pepto_nizes
perspires1346664__perspires
reinspires1244114re_inspires
respires10311904re___spires
teleutospores1561304teleutospores
teliospores1352874teliospores

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148819249.22016140.9
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691249.38919032.0
 
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