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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 “polyphonies” 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.

24 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
polyphonies215536(None) 
polyphones2046961polyphon_es
colophonies1855632colophonies
polygonies1646802poly_gonies
polyphagies2263682polyphagies
polyphone1946612polyphon_e_
polyphonic2245782polyphoni_c
polyphonous2153242polyphonous
polypodies1855992polyp_odies
apophonies1756523apo__phonies
homophonies2156513homophonies
monophonies1846593monophonies
polychromies2453563polychromies
polygynies1944743poly_gynies
polyparies1747833polyp_aries
polyphagias2262853polyphagias
polyphenols2152413polyphenols
polyphony2244573polyphon__y
polyploidies2072683polyploidies
polyploids1845063polyplo_ids
polypores1648003polyp_o_res
polytenies1547113poly_tenies
polythenes1865463polythen_es
telephonies1654903telephonies

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633245.01624249.0
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691245.42232956.7
 
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