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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 “neophilia” 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.

33 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
neophilia1412630(None) 
neophiliac17114601neophiliac
neophilias15115731neophilias
biophilia1654812biophilia
hemophilia2056042hemophilia
necrophilia1854912necrophilia
nemophila1654752nemophil_a
neophiliacs18123262neophiliacs
pedophilia1854672pedophilia
zoophilia2354652zoophilia
basophilia1753733basophilia
biophilias1754213biophilias
delphinia1552883delphinia
enophile1348723enophil_e
enophiles1448433enophiles
geophagia1653983geophagia
hemophiliac2353983hemophiliac
hemophilias2155023hemophilias
hemophilic2256553hemophilic
lyophilic1945423lyophilic
necrophiliac2163473necrophiliac
necrophilias1954083necrophilias
necrophilic2055033necrophilic
nemophilas1754523nemophilas
neophytic1946793neophytic
neoplasia1155393neoplasia
nephridia1553103ne_phridia
pedophiliac2153153pedophiliac
pedophilias1953833pedophilias
pedophilic2055003pedophilic
reptilia1045163re_ptilia
zoophilias2454003zoophilias
zoophilic2545083zoophilic

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.81319024.8
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.24921662.1
 
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