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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 “macrophyte” 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.

25 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
macrophyte225545(None) 
macrophytes2355711macrophytes
aerophyte1747202_aerophyte
macrocyte1845732macro_cyte
macrophage2054362macrophage
macrophytic2554772macrophytic
saprophyte2054502saprophyte
acrophobe1845413_acrophobe
aerophytes1847153_aerophytes
autophyte1745923_autophyte
cryophyte2254063__cryophyte
halophyte2085703ha_lophyte
hydrophyte2555743hydrophyte
hygrophyte2553953hygrophyte
macrocytes1945863macro_cytes
macrophages2154953macrophages
mesophyte1945333m_esophyte
microcyte1847983micro_cyte
microphage2056463microphage
microphone1948333microphone
microphyll2254503microphyll
micropyle1846263microp_yle
saprophytes2154573saprophytes
sporophyte2054843sporophyte
xerophyte2445393_xerophyte

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603256.70320976.1
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691256.85926052.0
 
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