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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 “thyroxine” 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.

26 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
thyroxine224391(None) 
thyroxin2144181thyroxin_
thyroxines2343701thyroxines
thyroxins2243641thyroxins
tyrosine1147042t_yrosine
heroine103517483_hero_ine
hydroxide2445403_hydroxide
pyronine1349513_pyronine
pyroxene2045083_pyroxene
tetroxide1744283tetroxide
thionine1187923th_ionine
threonine1245103threonine
throne98517603th_ro__ne
throning1238863th_roning
throwing1536723th_rowing
thylacine1744123thylacine
thymidine1853093thymidine
thymine1536643thy__mine
thymosin1644493thymosin_
thymosins1744203thymosins
thyroid1438253thyro_i_d
thyroids1546003thyro_ids
toxine133114123t___oxine
tropine93116653t__ropine
tyramine1347303t_yramine
tyrosines1246863t_yrosines

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641266.51622811.7
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.95225703.5
 
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