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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 “thermospheres” 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.

27 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
thermospheres236335(None) 
thermosphere2263531thermosphere_
thermospheric2562962thermospheric
chromospheres2562933chromospheres
heliospheres2052793_heliospheres
hemispheres2153363_he_mispheres
thermophiles2254263thermo_philes
asthenospheres22111674asthe_nospheres
atmospheres1853094__atmospheres
chromosphere2463204chromosphere_
ecospheres1795134__e_cospheres
exospheres2294424__e_xospheres
heliosphere1952934_heliosphere_
hemisphere2053524_he_misphere_
hydrospheres2453394_hydrospheres
mesospheres1853694_me_sospheres
microspheres2154924micr_ospheres
photospheres2255804ph_otospheres
rhizospheres2962414rh_izospheres
thermographers2553684thermographer_s
thermometers1964914thermometer_s
thermophile2154654thermo_phile_
thermopiles1854204thermo_p_iles
thermoscopes2164944thermos_copes
thermoses1447974thermos____es
thermosets1564964thermos__e_ts
tropospheres1953454t_ropospheres

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 Filter178691950240.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit95024275.76616480.1
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.17228951.9
 
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