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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 “apheresis” 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.

31 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
apheresis147533(None) 
aphaeresis1562741aphaeresis
aphereses1466421aphereses
pheresis1377631_pheresis
aphaereses1553162aphaereses
apheretic1687412apheretic
aphesis12610512aph__esis
phereses1348092_phereses
adherends1443263adherends
adherents1345553adherents
adherers1296923adhere_rs
adheres11310163adhere__s
agenesis938043a_genesis
anuresis846973a_nuresis
aphaeretic1753563aphaeretic
apheses12610703aph__eses
aphorises14310003aphorises
aphorisms1647193aphorisms
aphorists1448263aphorists
athetosis1244653athetosis
diaeresis1044773diaeresis
diaphoresis1762243diaphoresis
dieresis956853_dieresis
ephemeris1654633ephemeris
heresies11312703__heresies
paresis93315093_p_aresis
peeress939503_peeres_s
phoresies1447993_phoresies
phylesis1645313_phylesis
spheres123114353sphere__s
syneresis1244843syneresis

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641318.09618359.8
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691318.54520911.8
 
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