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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 “spermophiles” 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.

32 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
spermophiles215307(None) 
spermophile2053371spermophile_
thermophiles2254262thermophiles
hemophiles2047273_he_mophiles
pedophiles18105873_pe_dophiles
thermophile2154653thermophile_
thermopiles1854203thermop_iles
enophiles1448434__e_nophiles
hemophile1947274_he_mophile_
homophiles2048224__homophiles
nemophilas1754524_ne_mophilas
oenophiles1545704_oe_nophiles
pedophile17115754_pe_dophile_
pemphixes2543004_pe_m_phixes
rheophiles1844514rhe__ophiles
sermonizes21148364s_ermo_nizes
spermaries1468064sperm_ari_es
spermatophores23152324spermatophores
spermatophytes26112324spermatophytes
spermicides1853314sperm_icides
spermines13310544sperm___ines
sporophores1855154spor_ophores
sporophylls21143634spor_ophylls
sporophyls20144164spor_ophyl_s
sporophytes2154984spor_ophytes
thermophilic2463974thermophilic
thermophilous2362154thermophilous
thermopile1754184thermop_ile_
turophiles1565984_tur_ophiles
xenophiles2245424_xe_nophiles
xerophile2146304_xer_ophile_
xerophilies2354994_xer_ophilies

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790327.14017477.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.54623680.2
 
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