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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 “xerophyte” 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.

33 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
xerophyte244539(None) 
aerophyte1747201aerophyte
xerophytes2545521xerophytes
aerophytes1847152aerophytes
geophyte1745052ge_ophyte
mesophyte1945332mesophyte
neophyte1645642ne_ophyte
xerophile2146312xerophile
xerophytic2755932xerophytic
aerophobe1646293aerophobe
aerophore1448243aerophore
autophyte1745923autophyte
bryophyte2253253bryophyte
cryophyte2254063cryophyte
endophyte1854683endophyte
entophyte1754563entophyte
epiphyte1843803_epiphyte
geophytes1845403ge_ophytes
halophyte2085703halophyte
holophyte2085723holophyte
hydrophyte2555753hydrophyte
hygrophyte2553953hygrophyte
macrophyte2255453macrophyte
mesophytes2045233mesophytes
neophytes1745943ne_ophytes
oophyte1545633__oophyte
saprophyte2054503saprophyte
sporophyte2054853sporophyte
xenophile2145433xenophile
xenophobe2354023xenophobe
xerophily2445023xerophily
xerophytism2872823xerophytism
zoophyte2544603_zoophyte

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641336.82621775.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.24824653.8
 
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