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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 “hemispherical” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
hemispherical256163(None) 
hemispheric2352872hemispheric__
aspherical1754454___aspherical
hemisphere2053524hemispher___e
hemispheres2153364hemispher__es
nonspherical1963604_nonspherical
spherical1645804____spherical
aesthetical1655745ae__sthetical
atmospheric2052975atmospheric__
atmospherically2791535atmospherically
atmospherics2162195atmospheric_s
empirical1544205_em__p_irical
epithetical1854615_epi_thetical
exospheric2453545_exospheric__
hemihedral1952525hemi__he_dral
hemiplegia18142445hemi_plegi_a_
hemiplegias19142365hemi_plegi_as
hemiplegic20152555hemi_plegic__
hemiplegics21111885hemi_plegic_s
hemipteran1753295hemi_pter__an
historical1545925h__is_torical
homiletical1852765homi__letical
hysterical1854445h__ys_terical
mesospheric2053315mesospheric__
metaphorical2163525me_taphorical
microspherical2582445microspherical
peripheral1754215peri_pher__al
semiempirical218825semiempirical
thermospheric2562965thermospheric__

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790298.67014393.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.09219653.7
 
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