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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 “pharmacotherapya” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
pharmacotherapy3281431pharmacotherapy_
aromatherapy2261646__aroma__therapy_
chemotherapy2762566ch_em__otherapy_
chronotherapy2672346ch_r_onotherapy_
pharmacopeia23173186pharmaco_pe___ia
pharmacopeial24172726pharmaco_peia__l
pharmacopeias24172816pharmaco_peia__s
pharmacopoeia24183136pharmacopoe___ia
pharmacopoeial25172656pharmacopoeia__l
pharmacopoeias25162736pharmacopoeia__s
physiotherapy2972256ph__ysiotherapy_
charactery2043427char_ac_t_er__y_
cryotherapy2462017__cr__yotherapy_
hydrotherapy2762687_h__ydrotherapy_
hypnotherapy2862687_h__ypnotherapy_
immunotherapy2581857__immunotherapy_
pharmacodynamic32141687pharmaco_dynamic
pharmacognosy2671827pharmaco__gnosy_
pharmacology2563097pharmaco___logy_
psychotherapy3172907p__sychotherapy_
radiotherapy2163087___radiotherapy_

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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024218.53311136.1
3Display Results21210.030700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691218.91920034.9
 
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