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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 “saphenous” 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.

28 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
saphenous144487(None) 
saphenas1345712saphen_as
aphthous1694873_aphthous
apterous10410463_apterous
arenous7314183_a_renous
arsenous847533_arsenous
diaphanous1652783diaphanous
larcenous1145013larcenous
lichenous1444313lichenous
naphthous1753203naphthous
phenols1238103__phenols
phenoms1437813__phenoms
ravenous1146793ra_venous
sapajous1744833sap_ajous
sapheads1466083saphe_ads
saphena1235863saphen__a
saphenae1344853saphen_ae
sapiences13116423sapiences
sapiens9310173sapien__s
sapients1037423sapien_ts
saporous1039053sap_orous
selenous848973s_elenous
sphagnous1542813s_phagnous
sphenes123013163s_phen_es
sphenoid1446323s_phenoid
sphenoids1544673s_phenoids
spinous9310443s_p_inous
splenius1046033s_plenius

Search took 8 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 Limit148641286.67022285.0
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691287.09325192.6
 
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