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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 “telephonic” 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.

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
telephonic175476(None) 
telegonic1244972tele_gonic
telephone1445642telephon_e
telephoned1654022telephoned
telephoner1554042telephoner
telephones1545692telephones
telephonies1654902telephonies
telephoning1753232telephoning
telephonist1694962telephonist
telephony1743862telephon_y
allophonic1754703allophonic
euphonic15117813_e_uphonic
leptonic1247703__leptonic
megaphonic2054083megaphonic
polyphonic2245783polyphonic
stereophonic1962873stereophonic
telegenic1244763tele_genic
teleologic1375373teleologic
teleonomic1453783teleonomic
telepathic1753343telepathic
telephoners1653323telephoners
telephonists1793313telephonists
telephoto1453183telepho_to
telephotos1552613telephotos
telescopic1653303telescopic
telethon1146003telethon__
telethons1246023telethon_s
telsonic1045993tel__sonic
typhonic1847173t__yphonic

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603295.67324784.6
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691296.10929250.5
 
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