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

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
necropsies144474(None) 
necropsied1542951necropsied
necropoles1445002necropoles
necroses10310562necro_s_es
necrosis1048882necro_si_s
cecropias1545113cecrop_ias
croppies143111133__croppies
dropsies1138693__dropsies
entropies11411023entrop_ies
hydropsies1945943hydropsies
leprosies1146803lepro_sies
necrologies1447983necrologies
necropoleis1553573necropoleis
necropolis1455283necropolis
necropolises1663633necropolises
necropsy1542953necrops__y
necropsying1952073necropsying
necrose939723necro_s_e_
necrosed1137213necro_s_ed
necrosing1247693necro_sing
necrotizes2146173necrotizes
necrotomies1556453necrotomies
negrophils1655083negrophils
neuroses8310153neuro_s_es
neurosis848843neuro_si_s
recopies12313733rec_op_ies
recrosses1138373recro_sses

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603277.14019692.3
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.59323533.6
 
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