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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 “rhizosphere” 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.

29 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
rhizosphere286243(None) 
rhizospheres2962411rhizospheres
biosphere1664783_bi_osphere
photosphere2155923photosphere
atmosphere1752894_atmosphere
biospheres1765144_bi_ospheres
chromosphere2463204chromosphere
ecosphere16104804__ecosphere
exosphere2194164__exosphere
heliosphere1952934heliosphere
hemisphere2053524_hemisphere
hydrosphere2353404hydrosphere
insphere1355974__i_nsphere
ionosphere1553974_ionosphere
lithosphere1953174lithosphere
mesosphere1753824_mesosphere
microsphere2055104microsphere
noosphere1444774__noosphere
oosphere1355994___oosphere
ozonosphere2562154ozonosphere
philosopher21153594philosopher_
philosophers22143304philosophers
phosphene1996244ph__osphene
phosphore1967894ph__osphore
photospheres2255804photospheres
rhizoplane2462084rhizo_plane
thermosphere2263534thermosphere
thiophene1744764thi_o_phene
troposphere1853594troposphere

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819297.84318974.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.28221575.8
 
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