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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 “hemostases” 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.

23 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
hemostases154550(None) 
hemostasis1555511hemostasis
hemoptyses2053722hemoptyses
hemostats1446402hemosta_ts
homeostases1652932homeostases
hypostases1846102hypostases
chemostats1754063chemosta_ts
chemotaxes24114253chemo_taxes
elastases946113_elastases
epistases1146323_epistases
exostoses1655623_exostoses
helotages1346123helo_tages
hematoses1448453hem_atoses
hemolyses1755843hemo_lyses
hemoptysis2053713hemoptysis
hemostat1348713hemosta__t
hemostatic1756663hemostatic
hemostatics1854733hemostatics
homeostasis1652813homeostasis
homotaxes2145753homo_taxes
hostages122311693h__ostages
hypostasis1855793hypostasis
metastases1244543metastases

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 Filter1786911406030.856208751.2
2DLD Change Limit140603239.03315565.5
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691239.90518040.5
 
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