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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 “pedophilic” 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.

23 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
pedophilic205500(None) 
pedophilia1854671pedophilia
pedophiliac2153151pedophiliac
hemophilic2256552hemophilic
pedophile17115752pedophil_e
pedophiles18105872pedophiles
pedophilias1953832pedophilias
acidophilic2162853acidophilic
basophilic1953953basophilic
cryophilic2254323cryophilic
cytophilic2254973cytophilic
halophilic2054433halophilic
hemophilia2056043hemophilia
hemophiliac2353983hemophiliac
hemophilics2364623hemophilics
hydrophilic2555193hydrophilic
lipophilic1953973lipophilic
lyophilic1945423_lyophilic
necrophilic2055033necrophilic
neophilia14126303ne_ophilia
neophiliac17114603ne_ophiliac
pedocalic1654163pedo_calic
zoophilic2545083_zoophilic

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603236.37622051.9
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691236.81226231.8
 
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